Rock as Gloss by Mark Goodwin Elsa Cross partly inspired by the two

partly inspired by the two rivers that meet in his adopted home city of York: the Ouse and Foss

Ainsi la vie et la mémoire

Rodney Pybus

whose old names emerge like neon signposts from the dark: Red Marsh

presents an extraordinary

Rock as Gloss by Mark Goodwin Elsa Cross partly inspired by the twoDivided into four compasses, Mark Goodwins sixth full length collection offers a variety of approaches to the rock in hand (whether gritstone or slate), or the fell under foot (whether on or off the map), and also enacts a dialogue with the culture and literature of climbing and fell walking, speaking to (and through) Menlove Edwards, Ted Hughes, Coleridge and others. The poems and fictions of Rock as Gloss navigate imaginary and actual journeys