<p>I am a muslim not a terrorist is Azad Ashim Sharma's opening gambit in <em>Against the Frame</em>. The book's geography is vast; encompassing Meccan sands the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Barking East London. Sharma opens brand-new avenues for political poetry in short bursts of incandescent rage washing his hands of the burden of catering to in Sean Bonney's words a small racist island and writing brilliantly the truth.</p>