Wyrd England by Lakshmi Gill Mark Ford Welcome to After Fame –

Welcome to After Fame – an ambitious and resonant engagement with the epigrams of the Roman poet Martial

It speaks to Reed’s ability as a poet that such a moment is so keenly felt and quietly celebrated by the reader

There are a series of fairytale poems

sort out her wardrobe

From the legacy of colonisation and empire

Wyrd England by Lakshmi Gill Mark Ford Welcome to After Fame –It begins with Or because it is a call to choose. Is this "home' doomed or can it be saved by one's actions as the word Wyrd means. Your fate is in your hands. Choose, you English, to free yourself from the yoke of monarchical government for justice and equality. Decolonise yourselves as your colonies have gained their freedom from your royal empresses oppressors. It's all in the details the angry children, the hungry parents, the lack of heat, the