Monsoon Diary by Joseph Woods John Gallas outrageous flouting of convention and

outrageous flouting of convention and subversive humour are now fully and flagrantly displayed in Scenes from a Long Sleep

before the spill/of light and russet/falls down to her waist’

‘His special skill is comedy

and everyday miracles on the other

Bilingual English/Arabic edition translated by Stephen Watts and Marga Burgui-Artajo

Monsoon Diary by Joseph Woods John Gallas outrageous flouting of convention andBetween the birth of the poets daughter and the deaths of his parents, the poems in Monsoon Diary attempt to make sense of the world, from a mid life flight from home en famille to new perspectives on both the past and the future. Monsoon Diary strikes an often elegiac tone, betraying a growing awareness of mortality and the many losses that come with age. But it also bears witness to a country transitioning from dictatorship to democracy, finds the