E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK

Poet Philip Gross is becoming something of the dark horse worth placing a bet on.  Having won the UK's top poetry prize back in January, for one book, T he Water Table , he has now won Welsh Book of the Year, for another - this time the captivating I Spy Pinhole Eye (perfect for the themes of this blog) - published by vital up-and-coming small press Cinnamon.  The book has photographs by Simon Denison .  More power to Mr Gross.  He's one of the very best poets Britain has on tap right now.  Order this book and see what the fuss is about.

Happy news. I Spy Pinhole Eye has been shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year - one of only three titles shortlisted. It's a fine book by Philip Gross (recently featured here with a poem) from the feisty and increasingly assured small press Cinnamon.

Eyewear i s very fortunate today to be able to celebrate its 5th anniversary month with an unpublished poem by TS Eliot winner for this year, Philip Gross . Switching On The Collider And what if the click of that switch             (Did you notice the date:             10.09.08… like a countdown?) had thrown us                         the universe       into reverse? If we were surfing backwards,             the crest of the wave             refurling into itself, would, or rather                          could we know ...