The Quick by Jessica Traynor Kaveh Akbar Sharon Olds

Sharon Olds

Salt-speckled and sea tinged

‘Nia Davies quietly dismembers the world around her with a gleeful irreverence and quirky humour

He represented Zambia at Poetry Parnassus (a festival of world poets staged by the Southbank Centre as part of the Cultural Olympiad) and was awarded a Geoffrey Dearmer Prize as well as residencies from Kingston University

The Quick by Jessica Traynor Kaveh Akbar Sharon OldsEchoes and hauntings, visions and visitations, glimpses of other worlds in the margins of this the second collection of poems by Jessica Traynor begins with a brush with death and goes on to explore a startling variety of connections with life and the matter of living. Throughout, from the loss of loved ones to the arrival of a firstborn no bigger than a loaf of bread, the poems stay faithful to a busy cast of characters which includes strangers