The Havocs by Jacob Polley Poetry readers – especially schoolteachers and

readers – especially schoolteachers and their pupils – tend to love his work

Translated from the Latvian Skaļā klase by Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini

and heartbreak in all its manifestations

and to St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City

placing uproarious satire cheek-by-jowl with wild experiments in form and touching poems of parenthood

The Havocs by Jacob Polley Poetry readers – especially schoolteachers andLittle Gods established Jacob Polley as one of the leading talents of the younger generation; his third collection sees him extend that gift in often wholly unexpected directions. As before, Polleys work is often unashamedly lyric, and displays a virtuosic range of form and address. However, the light has changed in The Havocs: these poems are often imbued with the weird, uncanny and otherworldly, drawing on the folkloric and mythic traditions of