Larksong Static: Selected Poems 2005-2020

Selected from his three collections and various pamphlet publications Larksong Static offers a first synopsis of Martin Malones work so far. From his resounding alliances of memory and geography in The Waiting Hillside through the complicated emotional landscape and fine-art sensibilities of Cur to the brilliantly achieved cultural memory work of his Great War sequence The Unreturning this selection captures a poet staking serious claim for his significance to the contemporary scene. Malone is a Romantic at heart feeling the landscape living the language catching the drift. SIMON ARMITAGEAny attempt to forge a new nature poetry in the English lyric tradition is a bold undertaking but Malones sensibility and assurance make this possible. His voice is distinctive his eye clear and sure and his ability to change pace and direction in a poem makes his work elegant and surprising.MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS