Mollusc by Mark Totterdell Ariana Reines and the birds and insects

and the birds and insects and plants it hosts

A prolific and successful poet

and this is her deepest book

The Guardian described Terror

fingers poised at the typewriter

Mollusc by Mark Totterdell Ariana Reines and the birds and insectsPoetry of this quality makes you wonder why Totterdell isnt better known within the mainstream of British poetry as Ive seen far lesser poems than this highly praised in the national press. His exploration of the relationship between people and his planets co inhabitants has something of the intellectual and emotional power to be found in Helen Macdonalds prize winning prose work, H is for HawkStimulating, erudite and unpretentious. Great stuff. Steve