One Language By Anastasia Taylor-Lind Carol Ann Duffy pathos and humour

pathos and humour

surprise and wisdom are often right next to each other… Each of Margarit’s poems is its own being

breakdown in communication

Ruth Stacey writes in The Dark Room

It forms a sequel to Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella’s pioneering anthology

One Language By Anastasia Taylor-Lind Carol Ann Duffy pathos and humourOne Language is a remarkable debut collection. From the perspective of a female photojournalist, these concise but complex and insightful poems draw on first hand experience of war to explore how damage is generated and perpetuated. The books title expresses the contradiction between the lingua franca of photography and the equally universal language of violence. One Language comes to an understanding of personal history and global conflict in poetry