Night Shift by Jonathan Totman Jackie Kay Calgary Bay or his Bolton

Calgary Bay or his Bolton front room the poet confronts illness (his own)

these new poems are mostly set in London

the impress of history

the body is made a bonsai tree

Night Shift by Jonathan Totman Jackie Kay Calgary Bay or his BoltonJonathan Totmans debut poetry collection is a bag of exquisite gems. Lightly, discreetly, he takes us by the hand and shows us owls and fireworks, chores and spreadsheets, architecture, lichens and encounters with wild animals, in ways that make us see the world through fresh eyes. Poems about the grief of losing a parent are woven through others exploring the joys of new fatherhood and ultimately about what it is to be human. Delicate and hauntingly