The Machineries of Joy by Peter Finch Rakhshan Rizwan cleaving close to the Greek

cleaving close to the Greek yet at the same time striving to interpret these ancient

Linda Anderson's much anticipated first collection travels across time and space

becomes farce

with versions spanning the cultures

The Machineries of Joy by Peter Finch Rakhshan Rizwan cleaving close to the GreekPeter Finch, noted performance poet, boundary pusher and psychogeographer based in Wales, brings us The Machineries of Joy, his 26th poetry collection, chock full of acute observation, pointed asides, startled reactions, formal dislocations and structural inventions. First, Finch gives us the poem as road movie, taking us over the Severn bridge and onwards to the western fringes of Wales and then over the oceans to America. Europe shimmers. It is a