Shell Vestige Disputed by Ian Patterson Jure Detela The pinnacle of the collection

The pinnacle of the collection is the sequence ‘Full Moon on Fish Street’ which introduces an invented artist

” Luke Wright

New and Selected Poems does not replace the earlier collections

A mixture of confessional and imagined writing

Shell Vestige Disputed by Ian Patterson Jure Detela The pinnacle of the collectionIan Pattersons Shell Vestige Disputed presents poems which take great pleasure in the mystery of language. Patterson writes with a clear focus on the stress and intonation of words and phrases, crafting complex and puzzling poems which are reminiscent of Prynne and the English surrealists. Shell Vestige Disputed is a collection full of beauty and surprise. ABOUT Ian Patterson: Ian Patterson taught English for almost twenty years at Queens College,