The last twelve months or so (Oct 2023 . . . Nov 2024)

In this fourth volume of poetry by Anthony Hirst, the 46 poems, written in the fourteen-month period from October 2023 to November 2024, are all dated and arranged in chronological order. They include political themes – responses to the wars in Gaza and the Ukraine and to the destruction of our environment – reflections on personal experiences in the UK, France and Greece, accounts of dreams, and reflections on old age and death; a few poems are humorous or nonsensical.