God Forbid They Hear Us Laughing: New and Selected Poems by Bobby Parker women'spoetry contrapuntal monologues of a Palestinian

contrapuntal monologues of a Palestinian and an Israeli poet

or the emotional motion of the 'geometry of friendship

somehow manages to build a monument for those Caribbean people who fought in that war

a human being who delighted in the sensation of the moment

of heartbreaking poignancy and laugh-out-loud humour

God Forbid They Hear Us Laughing: New and Selected Poems by Bobby Parker women'spoetry contrapuntal monologues of a PalestinianGod Forbid They Hear Us Laughing by Bobby Parker is a savage, tender selection that holds fatherhood and addiction, love and shame, sex and violence in the same shaking hands. These poems move through council estates, underpasses, chip shops, pubs, pharmacies, church tents and school corridors with a voice that is brazenly funny and abruptly devastating, switching from punchline to prayer in a breath. Parker's work is stocked with the lived textures