Some Dark God by Catherine Balaq
V. Press
“The shadows in Catherine Balaq’s poetry are richly nuanced and playful. ‘Catch my dark / between your teeth’ invites one speaker. Returning to the body throughout, her quick imagination moves through bleak, unnerving territory with a lightness of touch, reshaping the world, a toad eating a family house, ‘his tongue under the walls’. This is sharply observed, stirring writing.” John McCullough
“Such a dark, magnificent creation. I devoured the poems. Strident, compelling dispatches from the underworld, meticulously crafted. These poems will get under your skin, go straight for the heart.” Helen Mort
Some Dark God is very sacred and very profane.
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