Play My Game by Alec Finlay Marian Christie What won’t a poem do

What won’t a poem do to get to the other side

Following his acclaimed first collection

located somewhere between outrage

to Casanova the Philosopher

Brought up to date by a series of new and previously unpublished work

Play My Game by Alec Finlay Marian Christie What won’t a poem doplay my game is a sampler of short poems, a wide ranging anthology of dailiness, spanning two decades of innovative poetic practice. Well known for his work as a visual artist and poet, here Alec Finlay playfully expands the possibilities of traditional short forms, such as the haiku, poetic aphorism, and question and answer (after Celan). play my game features examples of Finlays verbal game play, poetic mottos, proverbs, and inscriptions, as well as