Placebo by Claire Collison Sarah Crossan The mermaid weaves an almost

The mermaid weaves an almost beautiful tale of a tragic miscarriage

Enigmatic definitions alternate with a series of coded questions charged with melancholic gravity

Martin Malone

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Placebo by Claire Collison Sarah Crossan The mermaid weaves an almostClaire Collisons Placebo is the real thing: a mellifluous set of poems, drawing the reader along in its flowing brilliance. The fluidity of the body in water, and the fluids the body contains and exudes mirror each other in poems that are sensual and uncompromising. There are intriguing encounters with both others and herself, the poets eye ever alert in waiting rooms and clinics, on journeys past and present, and, exultantly, whilst wild swimming.