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'Elfyn is a poet of healing…both compassionate and celebratory

serpents in the breast gnawing at the harness of hope

'Selima Hill's Jutland has an astounding vivacity

Oyster by Michael Pedersen Penned in the Margins although its presiding spirit isOyster is the second collection from prize winning Edinburgh poet Michael Pedersen. From Grez sur Loing and festive nights to sizzling summers stretched out in the Meadows and Portobello, Michael Pedersen's unique brand of poetry captures a debauchery and a disputation of characters, narrated with an intense honesty and a love of language that is playful, powerful and penetrative; he vividly illuminates scenes with an energy that is both witty,