Poems which focus on human warmth, compassion and life-affirming qualities Tam O’Shanter - though apparently a moral lesson on the dangers of drink, the poem is full of the joys of conviviality ...

A resurgent lyric voice marks Bell's first all-new collection since the "Dead Man" persona poems of the 1990s, pitched toward action and reaction: a twisted rope, when released, will "spring back ...