acknowledgements

Some of these poems were first published in Sore Models (Lowestoft, Suffolk: Sound & Language, 1995), Compositional Bonbons Placate (Manchester: Carcanet, 1996), Facture (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1999), Three Bell Zero (New York: Roof, 2000) and How to Laugh (New York: Adventures in Poetry, 2014); and in Arras, Critical Quarterly, The Delineator, Fell Swoop, Infinite Editions, PN Review, Talus and Tolling Elves. ‘Wet Flatware’ and ‘Air Ball’ were written as furniture music for the accompanying drawings by Trevor Winkfield. Particular thanks to Diane Bertolo, Thomas Evans, Gustavo Gordillo and Rachel Harrison.