The Havocs by Jacob Polley Poetry and to the voice of

and to the voice of a Bechstein piano abandoned in the open air

Matthew Sweeney

a Golden Kiwi

Translated from the Latvian Skaļā klase by Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini

The Havocs by Jacob Polley Poetry and to the voice ofLittle Gods established Jacob Polley as one of the leading talents of the younger generation; his third collection sees him extend that gift in often wholly unexpected directions. As before, Polleys work is often unashamedly lyric, and displays a virtuosic range of form and address. However, the light has changed in The Havocs: these poems are often imbued with the weird, uncanny and otherworldly, drawing on the folkloric and mythic traditions of