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Martin Edwards

Song

Song

by Martin Edwards — As you walk it becomes clear / that the far mountains  / will never get / any nearer. // Although you started out early, / walking briskly and singing / songs about the lands / beyond
Part of the front cover of The Out-Islands by Martin Edwards showing what looks like an abstract yellow boat

Surfers, swimmers and drowned sailors

Hilary Menos reviews The Out-Islands by Martin Edwards (Smokestack, 2021)

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