Clearing A Name

David Morley is that rare and valuable bird, a poet who is a trained scientist. His ability to keep his eye on the object, to describe and not decorate it, involves us in another pairing: here is the poet who is also of gypsy origins, and can thus bring into play an untouched area of experiences. The individual flavour of these poems is sharply and refreshingly underivative.

Clearing a Name opens up new, strange, different territory