a suitcaseful of dog by Sue Vickerman Bill Manhire "The Glance'

"The Glance'

Against a backdrop of existential uncertainty

The reader might be justified in thinking that the M in the title of Colette Bryce's new poetry collection could stand for Mortality

body into spirit

whether facing prejudice or the challenges of the pandemic

a suitcaseful of dog by Sue Vickerman Bill Manhire "The Glance'Sue Vickerman's a suitcaseful of dog is a sharp, darkly funny, and unsentimentally lyrical collection that captures life's absurdities and devastations with equal intensity. Moving between acerbic social observation and moments of piercing emotional depth, Vickerman's poems traverse loss, memory, and the strange rituals of everyday survival. Whether recounting a disastrous dog sitting, navigating the indignities of ageing, or unpicking the quiet