The Gravity Wave by Peter Sirr
PBS Autumn Recommendation 2019 Ian Humphreys ‘These are poems with huge

‘These are poems with huge scope

Each poem is carefully modulated to achieve the desired effect

with the most quizzical

menace and anxiety

the Flemish poet Maarten Inghels set up a project of the same name

The Gravity Wave by Peter Sirr <br><b>PBS Autumn Recommendation 2019</b> Ian Humphreys ‘These are poems with hugePeter Sirr draws on the classics Homer, Catullus, Sappho to ask if we, in comparison, live in a disenchanted world: Diminished? Really? Gods dont hold us, the temples wither, the priests are all in sales but the sun still shines, the oxen low and the winedark sea is still as dark as wine. He acknowledges world traumas the Final Solution, Shahad, Rawan, Maram this hand in the rubble these broken shutters shrapnel on the bed cover while risking, as