The Man at the Corner Table Aly Bain or a walk with a

or a walk with a lover among wildflowers in Vermont

Urban Myths and Legends is a sparky collection of poems by modern poets who have taken inspiration from the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses

and men are portrayed both as predators and as the objects of erotic desire

'The Sonnets' and 'Poems for Other People'

a gift for ironic humour with exacting observations of the everyday

The Man at the Corner Table Aly Bain or a walk with aRosie Shepperds debut poetry collection crackles with the unexpected. The voice is one of urban sophistication; a merciless charm that teases and tempts us with sensual evocations of food and place. The reader is surprised with tastes, scents, colours and textures. There is a winning insistence on detail offered with an irony that blends into satire. The poems adopt a deadly seriousness to the business of comedy. InIt isnt just the underfloor heating