Martin Edwards
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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
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Surfers, swimmers and drowned sailors
Hilary Menos reviews The Out-Islands by Martin Edwards (Smokestack, 2021)