Bathing on the Roof by Tracey Rhys NPF19 These lines understand their power

These lines understand their power to manipulate: 'this is a poem about my mouth / intended to draw attention / to my mouth'

Formed of sixty fifteen-line stanzas

” to its closing Sanskrit mantra

This is the ninth of his Carcanet books in 30 years

‘Every so often

Bathing on the Roof by Tracey Rhys NPF19 These lines understand their powerRhys voice is strong and expertly controlled, yet so often calm, contemplative and punctuated with such moments of beauty that I have been one moment swept away upon the tide, and in the next moment, have quieted, and have sighed. Jane Burn Tracey Rhys has the knack of getting so close to the reader there is nothing else for it but to hold on for the ride Samantha Wynne Rhydderch These characters capture the power, chaos and vulnerability within us