I wrote this a while ago, and always meant to come back to it. However, I have been defeated by time. Rather than keep this in a electronic in-tray in the sky, I am going to hit the ‘publish’ button! In short, I hope you get a chance to engage with White Thorns, or any of Brian Lewis’ other work before the Symposium.

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Brian Lewis is the force behind Longbarrow Press. However, his own work is published through Gordian Projects. It is his own work I want to write about here. You can buy the pamphlet White Thorns here: https://gordianprojects.com/white-thorns/ The opening of the poem, is there, too.

I want to start by trying to put into words how brilliant it is to receive a Gordian Projects delivery or a Longbarrow Press book. I write this on a day when I have received a not-inexpensive collection from a…