The Garland King by Matthew Hedley Stoppard David Inshaw ‘All of the poems in

‘All of the poems in this debut

including the prestigious gabay

Carson’s great gift is to reveal the mind as it moves and processes elusive experience and admits the fictiveness of our deepest-held certainties: time

The Language of Eldorado has been long recognised as an outstanding work of Caribbean poetry

The Garland King by Matthew Hedley Stoppard David Inshaw ‘All of the poems inMatthew Hedley Stoppards second collection attempts to create an uncanny space where traditional customs and modern anxieties mix. Here, we find the Garland King cannot shake the inherent sexism of our society; a mummer mismanages his depression after his child is diagnosed with cancer; and Morris Dancers melt in the midst of a climate emergency. The poems celebrate the rituals of the working and labouring classes, who have had their culture eclipsed