Luck is in the Leftovers by Clara Ada Mantegazza Frank Ormsby human and animal presences manifest

human and animal presences manifest in both real and mythic dimensions

searching for the word’s version of music’s home key

Duncan Montgomery

and a distinctive

beach roses and rumoured sharks

Luck is in the Leftovers by Clara Ada Mantegazza Frank Ormsby human and animal presences manifestIn her first collection, Clara Ada Mantegazza challenges the reader to create poetry as they read, empathising with her words on an intimately human level. Journeying across themes of alienation, mental health, and the oppressive societal dynamics of womanhood, Mantegazza leaves a visceral trail of personal experience for the reader to steel themselves and pursue, perhaps finding a sense of catharsis in the leftovers.