A Language I Understand by Amy Louise Wyatt A E Stallings Poetry heightens the tension and

Poetry heightens the tension and drives the narrative telling the personal and human story of one of the most important legal judgements in English Law—that necessity is not a defence for murder—and is still taught at universities the world over

  It was a bestseller at a time when many Americans were increasingly aware and ashamed of US-sponsored brutality in its “backyard”

‘a tree-shaped brightness dances’

Frayed and faded

The poetic voice is full of invigoratingly fresh outrage and is unforgiving at a distance of years to the casual passers-by who did nothing to help

A Language I Understand by Amy Louise Wyatt A E Stallings Poetry heightens the tension andA Language I Understand seeks to understand the relationships that the poet (and all of us) have with our past, our memories, our loved ones and how we can make sense of this, in our own unique way. A skilled and intuitive poet, Wyatt understands the tactile nature of sensory imagery. In her curation of personal artefacts, she holds each talisman, totem and relic up to the light so the reader can clearly view the significant people, places and