Wonderful Rupert Roopnaraine

Wonderful Rupert RoopnaraineWorld Poetry Slam Champion Harry Bakers latest collection is his most ambitious yet. Following on from the success of Unashamed (Burning Eye, 2022), Harry Baker combines the insight of a mathematician and the vulnerability of the poet to find wonder in the little things that make life so precious. From a poem about wellies becoming an exploration of masculinity, a poem planning his own funeral inspiring thousands around the world to do the same, or a

But he also made poems which show he was capable of concern for others

Robert Nye

determined that this is not how things should be

reminiscent of both historical crimes and current crises

Gary Allen

a novel and collections of poetry and of short stories

They were christened by Tom Bradley in chapter four of Put It Down in a Book

hailstones in the ice-cube tray

enigmatic friend Fraser

] What seems to unit the best of the poets here is a quality of looking outward: they are aware of

whether writing about truck drivers or nurses

framed by a mind-bendingly original concept that no other writer working today could – or indeed would – have concocted