BLINDSIDE

Blindside, Mark Reid',s fifth collection, exhibits his accustomed minimalist rigour, a spare and allusive lyric, contemporary, colloquial, committed, seeking the sublime in the everyday.',Mark Reid',s poetry has always delighted and challenged me. His distinctive voice and finely-tuned ear for just the right music has given his work a potency that',s been hard-won. Reid is a craftsman.', - Anthony Lawrence',Reid',s is a brooding art, open to epiphany, constructing it, but also measuring its constant retreat.', - Lyn McCredden_,