Bath of Herbs by Emily Zobel Marshall Alan Buckley there is never enough music

there is never enough music

Powerful themes emerge

conveyed with a formal virtuosity and a real sense of the seduction of the imagination that is truly captivating

yet ambitiously experimental among the forms she uses

The poem is emblematic of a broader concern with the mystery of the creative process

Bath of Herbs by Emily Zobel Marshall Alan Buckley there is never enough musicBath of Herbs is Emily Zobel Marshall's beautifully crafted, honest and thoughtful first collection which explores the complexity of mixed race, hybrid identities and relationships to the English and Welsh mountains, fells, rivers and shorelines from an 'othered', unmappable, positionality. It honours the lives of Black and Brown women and asks how they can reclaim space, both practically and conceptually. It celebrates and mourns the unspoken pain