The poems deal in forms of influence: in seduction and persuasion
Byrne’s talent has a sticky grace
haunted souls in this cool as hell collection
affectionate and gently satirical
unflinching look at the world we live in
Scale by Mina Gorji Spike Milligan The poems deal in formsAt the volcano's edge, in exilic space, at the bottom of the Arctic Sea, or in the acid clouds of Venus, Mina Gorji's Scale traces life at its limits. The poems range across scales of distance, temperature and time, from vast to minute, glacial to volcanic, Pleistocene to present day, constellation to millipede. Adapting to the cold of a new continent opens a chromatic investigation of feeling. Shifting between scales, from insect to ancient star,