DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
Flow
Lisa Kelly
you with your folding bike
you with your oxblood boots
bow tie, lakeside carrier
you with your baby on board
baby overboard
you with your valuables
your wedding ring
you with your safe harbour
you with your canvas
aquarelles, water lilies
you with your waterlogged lives
watertight lies
waterproof mascara
you with your bunch of migrants
crocodile smile
crocodile tears
you with what washed up
what washed out
you with your watershed moment
continental drift
you with your suspended load
plunge pool
raft of measures
you with your confluence
catchment, catchment area
war of attrition
meander
abrasion
bedload
base level
you yes
you
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
by Rosie Jackson
ALAN MORRISON recommends a consummate, heart-warming collection about a working-class upbringing in the industrial north-east


