One stall had bursting figs
abbreviated pressure of these lines
the harshness of place and weather
The cover artist is Mehdi Qotbi from Morocco
translated by Jonathan Dunne
Useful Graham Fulton One stall had bursting figsPeter Finch's collection, Useful, is marked by all the restless energy, humour and angst that is so characteristic of this compulsively entertaining poet. Among the varied subjects to come under the poet's subversive scrutiny are Modern Art, the Blues, computers, automobiles, ex wives, recalcitrant children, aged parents, bleak Welsh landscapes, factory workers, writing classes, old shirts and beach stones. His continuing fascination with technique is