The House of Ghosts and Mirrors by Oz Hardwick sean wai keung Susan Wicks and Robert Wrigley

Susan Wicks and Robert Wrigley

with many poems read in two languages to give the reader a true sense of the sonic beauty inherent in the work in its original tongue

He can both excite and frighten you – like MacDiarmid meets Rilke with Samurai sword drawn

he is a poet of powerful argument and emotional force - The Times

Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award 2014

The House of Ghosts and Mirrors by Oz Hardwick sean wai keung Susan Wicks and Robert WrigleyTime behaves differently in The House of Ghosts and Mirrors. Generations pass each other and themselves in rooms that appear empty; adults occupy their childhood dreams and nightmares; stories enact themselves in portraits and postcards. Marbled with menace and mischief, with a humour as black as the cupboard under the stairs, these hard won poems coalesce into a moving, unforgettable meditation on the passage of time; searching for certainties, and