Review
A highly distinctive poet. His work as a translator would be impressive enough, but he is also a poet of power and skill in his own righ --Gerry Cambridge
Product Description
Mike Stocks's sonnets range across the messy landscape of human behaviour, pinpointing the fault lines in a direct and striking language. Whether dealing in sly humour, savage loss, or all the tragi-comic states in-between, he invariably finds a perspective that commands the attention. The poems in "Folly", with their assured technique and memorable content, demonstrate that the sonnet is a radical and contemporary form, and constitute a debut collection that readers will remember and revisit.
About the Author
Mike Stocks was born in Lancashire and educated at Birmingham University, and currently lives in Edinburgh. He writes novels, children s books, poetry and translations, and has worked both as a lexicographer and as an editor for several British publishers. He is the founder and editor of Anon, the anonymous submissions poetry magazine. His debut literary novel, White Man Falling, will be published by Alma Books in September 2006, and his translations of Roman poet Belli by Oneworld Classics in Spring 2007.
