House of Lords and Commons by Ishion Hutchinson Caroline Bird This is a poetry of

This is a poetry of emotional density underpinned with a lightness of touch

the poems of Dennis O’Driscoll are gathered together for the first time

a Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation which was shortlisted for the Corneliu M

Ruth Fainlight

our irrational fears and our loves

House of Lords and Commons by Ishion Hutchinson Caroline Bird This is a poetry ofExquisite (New Yorker), breathtaking (Los Angeles Times), baroque and moon lit (Boston Globe) House of Lords and Commons enthralled readers in the Americas when it recently appeared, winning the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry and being widely applauded in books of the year. No wonder this first British publication is a significant and much anticipated event. Ishion Hutchinsons book is a profound engagement with culture and landscape,