An Alphabet of Sestudes for Saint Feock by Penelope Shuttle Eleni Vakalo The poems bind this looming

The poems bind this looming curse to the occupation of countries

The characters are irresistible

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whom Freud identifies as a spiritual brother – and a route back into her own French and symbolist influences

An Alphabet of Sestudes for Saint Feock by Penelope Shuttle Eleni Vakalo The poems bind this loomingWho is Saint Feock? Or is it Faycock, Fioc, Maeoc or Veage? The Cornish Saint Feock is a half imaginary, half historic personage. Our saint is sometimes female, sometimes male. An early Christian missionary, or an elemental spirit whose domain is a riverside creek. This liminal mysterious figure called to me until I found myself writing an alphabet to celebrate his her qualities. I used the form of the sestude, to give shape and purpose to my