The M Pages by Colette Bryce Mark McWatt Presented here for the first

Presented here for the first time in English translation

Rhythmically propulsive and dizzyingly inter-connective

Is Not is the kind of book that takes a lifetime to write – a book of the spirit made manifest by the poet’s unrelenting gaze and her intimate engagement with the mysteries that keep us reaching

In a time of increasing hostility against migrants

The M Pages by Colette Bryce Mark McWatt Presented here for the firstThe reader might be justified in thinking that the M in the title of Colette Bryce's new poetry collection could stand for Mortality, Mother, Mourning, or the spontaneous and cathartic practice of the writers morning pages until they reach the books arresting central sequence. Addressed to M, a sibling who has suddenly died, this three part poem depicts the experience of unexpected bereavement, and the altering effect such events have on the living.