Variety Turns by Christopher Arksey Luke Wright called the poems ‘nameless shameless

called the poems ‘nameless shameless abominations’

“These brilliant poems authentically offer the psychogeography of a known and lived landscape from the common but less-represented perspective of a body that is in many ways ‘queer’ to the ableism and gendering of ‘nature writing’

while others ponder the ethics of killing a mosquito or the status of a ‘B&Q Buddha’

‘Her lucid and quiet

With a dry sense of humour and perfect observation these poems equip us for a future of lab-grown meat and space travel…I hope you’re ready To Boldly Go

Variety Turns by Christopher Arksey Luke Wright called the poems ‘nameless shamelessVariety Turns is a collection of elegies for Christopher Arksey's mum who passed away from cancer in 2016. Arksey pays tribute to his mum by recalling not just the solemn moments, but the dark humour we often lean on when trying to cope with loss. These poems exemplify the permanence of grief, while bringing to light the unknowable and unfulfilled parts of the lives of those we've lost. Written with subtle precision, Variety Turns is both a tender