‘Druid Offsetting’ by Alan M. Kent book cover illustration

“Alan M Kent’s Druid Offsetting removes us from Josephine’s Cumbria to his Kernow (Cornwall to us incomers and tourists). This is not just, as the back cover proclaims ‘Prescribed reading for anyone interested in Cornwall.’ It’s a passionate investigation of what it is to belong to a battered and neglected community. There are some good poems too; I liked particularly ‘Careers Officer’ and ‘Tinners Rabbits’.”

Michael Mackmin www.poetrymagazines.org.uk