Table of Contents

The Autist The Brunt The Canon The Disparity The Everafter The Fathoming The Gladiator The Hometown The Junction The Kismet The Lothario The Machine The Nevermore The Orient The Preservation The Quandary The Razor The Shy The Taster The Upturn The Valve The Wobegone The Xerox The Yore The Zombie The Yen The Ximenean The Winddown The Verification The Underfull The Treatment The Silence The Rendering The Quizzers The Puppet The Oratorio The Nimbus The Musing The Longshot The Kundalini The Jeater The Inclination The Haunt The Gazer The Fitter The Epitome The Desiccation The Corrida The Bore The Approximation

About the Author

Roddy Lumsden has six previous collections including Mischief Night: New & Selected Poems (Bloodaxe, 2004) and Terrific Melancholy (Bloodaxe, 2011). He edited the anthology Identity Parade: New British & Irish Poets (2010), and co-edited The Salt Book of Younger Poets. He is a Core Tutor for The Poetry School, Poetry Editor for Salt Publishing and Series Editor of Best British Poetry. Originally from Fife, he now lives in London and has also worked as a puzzle, quiz and popular reference writer.

Reviews

The Bells of Hope inches more toward revelation than concealment and his language is more heady than ever. It is a breathtaking account of a dark night. - Kathleen Ossip Each [poem] has the feel of something completely compressed, like a car crushed into a cube, except that somehow all the individual components have survived and are interlocking perfectly. Strange little machines, then, but working to somewhat secretive ends. - Jon Stone