Riverain by Robert Powell Kaveh Akbar The first poem announces 1917

The first poem announces 1917

12 of them in colour

that presents a challenging view of Christ

Through these pages we witness the tragedy of European wars and world conflict

here trade in hard wood and access to forests for building materials

Riverain by Robert Powell Kaveh Akbar The first poem announces 1917In Riverain, poet Robert Powell takes us on a journey through reality and metaphor, partly inspired by the two rivers that meet in his adopted home city of York: the Ouse and Foss. Sometimes dreamlike, combining gravity and humour with the personal and the political, this diverse and deeply visual collection moves with a strong narrative flow, taking in love, mortality, family, consumerism, literature and art as it goes. Subtly moored by its theme,