he density varies, but the style's the same, depending heavily on liminal effects. "something I almost recall" (p.77) is near self-parody, using some of his most popular words. I don't understand much of the layout either.
And yet through the mist there's much detail to admire, and some poems which last no longer than they should. I like "Husbandry". "A Smoke", "The Men's Harbour" and "The Unprovable Fact: A Tayside Inventory" - they brim with evocative phrases.
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