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Wagtail celebrates voices and visions from the margins
winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection
The poems in Discoveries
precisely-crafted and generous poems seek consolation and affirmation
A Fondness for the Colour Green by Charlie Baylis Patrick McGuinness Wagtail celebrates voices and visionsIn his debut collection a fondness for the colour green Charlie Baylis writes with the uninhibited brio of a drunken text to ones ex. Ophelia face down in oceans of milk, suitcases full of whipped cream, Sinatra sleeping inside a spoon and other dreamlike images mesmerise the reader like confetti falling onto a bonfire. Brimming with references to pop culture, this is a playful yet profound, electrifying debut collection from an essential poet. PRAISE
