Independence Day

Independence Day moves on from previous work while still retaining some continuities in theme style and approach. It is a book of journeys literal and metaphorical making use of ekphrastic techniques. The poems here start out from north London taking the reader to San Francisco New York Baku Kuala Lumpur France Russia and back again while remaining firmly grounded in the writer's locale. As ever political realities and social issues are not neglected; these poems move to a contemporary music without losing seriousness of purpose without resorting to agit-prop.