But & Though by Jake Hawkey Heather Phillipson John Berger

John Berger

Line and syntax gleam with the exquisite surprise of its own gorgeous

may look like had humans traded bodies with sheep

the trauma of anonymity

But & Though by Jake Hawkey Heather Phillipson John BergerIn But & Though, Jake Hawkey scrutinizes the impact of parental addiction on families, its title a nod to the language of dependency, its circles of prevarication and excuse. Hawkey's poems chart the loss of a father and the resilient love between siblings, and take an unflinching look at a parent child relationship sometimes painfully inverted through alcoholism. Hawkey's fresh perspective and playful style introduces a vital, authentic new voice in