March by Andrew Taylor Kate Carruthers Thomas A swarm of snow fleas

A swarm of snow fleas seethes through leaf litter

this anthology brings together poems that offer powerful testimonies to the urgent issues Dr King defines and represents the polyphony of voices that speak in resistance to our continuing problems of racism

and does so with dramatically varied tone and method

are interwoven into a bountiful poetic fibre

for the tenderness between a man and his ‘beautiful collared dog’

March by Andrew Taylor Kate Carruthers Thomas A swarm of snow fleasBuilding on his debut collection Radio Mast Horizon(Shearsman Books, 2013) Andrew Taylor takes the reader on a journey through landscapes and places such as the Welsh hills, the West Coast Mainline and the north docks of Liverpool. Travel is a recurring theme throughout these poems, alongside music and the seasons and the shifts they bring. From having coffee in quiet city centre cafs to travelling around complete rail networks, Taylor invites the