A Commonplace: Apples, Bricks & Other People’s Poems by Jonathan Davidson Char March “Ian House’s New and Selected

“Ian House’s New and Selected is full of wry

All Peter Didsbury’s books have had wildly enthusiastic reviews

Already making a big impact on the British poetry scene

and he has written about the experience in a series of deeply moving poems

A Commonplace: Apples, Bricks & Other People’s Poems by Jonathan Davidson Char March “Ian House’s New and SelectedA Commonplace is a conversation about how poetry is made and exists as the underlying geology of our lives. Jonathan Davidsons quiet but distinctive poems including pieces from the 17th Century, from Kyiv and Lisbon, and from Finland and Nicaragua are complemented by outstanding work by sixteen other poets and translators. Littered with unruly footnotes and featuring a gazetteer and bibliography, A Commonplace invites the reader to experience poetry