A Bluebottle in Late October by John Wheway Loretta Collins Klobah we hear the thoughts of

we hear the thoughts of those involved who are trying to understand and justify their roles

and descriptions of the documents themselves

and the real mischief that underwrites the trick

where crisis and austerity meet the vanity projects of the super-rich

PBS Recommended Translation - Summer 2016

A Bluebottle in Late October by John Wheway Loretta Collins Klobah we hear the thoughts ofJohn Wheways first full collection places its trust exactly where it should be: in the poetic present tense where every gnomic detail is magnified, every commonplace brought to its own species of transfiguration. At a time when the lyric is so much in need, he rejuvenates it in its most pellucid and most effortless form; the couplet is reshaped and crystallised, and comes to life. A Bluebottle in Late October is a memorable sequence of poems. Tim