My Dog Has Never Read This by ML Walsh Mervyn Taylor destruction

destruction

and move beyond it

slender and pale/for moments

The poems in his final collection Turn Up the Ocean examine with an unflinching eye and mordant humour the reality of living and dying in a time and culture that conspire to erase our inner lives

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My Dog Has Never Read This by ML Walsh Mervyn Taylor destruction'Initially written for the stage, My Dog Has Never Read This, is a prose poetry collection that navigates its use of comedy, absurdism and anthropomorphic characters through a distinct voice that may (or may not) want its reader to be there. Where is there? Not sure. Perhaps at the pub or in a living room with a nice cup of tea. Except its not a nice cup of tea, is it? Its a scared one. Keeps screaming about how the hot water sets off its eczema. Its