The Swerve by Peter Sirr Lee Harwood Never was a collection more

Never was a collection more pertinent to our own uncertain times or

Mattar’s poetry is eloquent

the crisis of 2020 or 2019 or any year you care to name

' – Ruth Padel

’ Nathan Filer

The Swerve by Peter Sirr Lee Harwood Never was a collection moreThe Swerve is Peter Sirrs collection of poems since his tenth, The Gravity Wave (2019), aPBS Recommendation and winner of the Farmgate National Poetry Award. Not everything I said I didI did in fact. Not literally. But if it wasnt all trueit was true ish. Border Control This is a book as ample as it is confident in its risk taking. From the wit (reminiscent ofWilburs) of Border Control through the reach and energy of its beautiful title poem,