Charm by Zoë Green The Wasteland and head and tail bands

and head and tail bands

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with special recognition for her retrospective Gloria: Selected Poems

All the while these numerous strands of correspondence are being played out

Charm by Zoë Green The Wasteland and head and tail bandsCharm is a debut collection that explores the spaces and edges between places and people " and the ways we find comfort in an unpredictable world. That solace is often discovered in the natural and the ordinary: a stone from the beach, a handful of sweet chestnuts, some walnuts from the market. Drawn from the landscapes of Scotland, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, these poems also conjure means of escape through journeying, shapeshifting, mythology