We're delighted to announce that this poem from David Troupes' second poetry collection The Simple Men (published by EarthLines publisher Two Ravens Press) was Highly Commended in the Forward Prize and published in the Forward Book of Poetry 2013. (Judges were Leonie Rushforth, Emma Hogan, Ian McMillan, Alice Oswald and Megan Walsh.)
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This is a very fine poem! It's poetry like this that makes me want to learn more about how to write my words well. If life is the dance of form and emptiness (to mix mythologies in a probably unforgivable way) then writing is something of the same. My relationship with the emptiness is good; it's the form that needs attention these days. By which I mean - the inspiration is in good repair, but the craft requires work. This poem is well-crafted and has magic in it. Respect.
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