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Philip Hancock

Two green arrows show road directions and the letters A34 are shown in yellow.

What clings to its underside

Stephen Payne reviews House on the A34 by Philip Hancock (CB Editions, 2023)
Softwood

Softwood

by Philip Hancock — Two lengths of inch and a half / by a quarter, stacked one on top of the other, / planed: no splinters, no need to tape or tie them. / In one hand seems the natural way / to carry them – no bother. // Impossible to say how they come

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