Bad Idea by Robert Sheppard Children's Poetry It was dramatised for the

It was dramatised for the stage in the 1960s

Translation brings dead poets up to date too

a lyric voice which is enveloped in a darkly surreal context

John Glenday

the savagery and storm

Bad Idea by Robert Sheppard Children's Poetry It was dramatised for theThere are two ways of seeing this book. One: it is a homage to Michael Draytons 1619 sonnet sequence, Idea, skilful transpositions into contemporary forms. Two: it tells the story of Brexit, as it passes through the body politic, the undigested cake and eat it of daily life. We read of the peccadillos and pet projects of the Brexiteers, the ineptitude of resistance. Expect comedy and chaos rather than analysis, how not to get the blues while singing