Against Gravity Bewketu Seyoum in society

in society

He was Chair of the Arts Council Literature Panel and a member of the Irish Academy of Letters

No bust through into the empyrean

He's kind of like if the Atlantic Ocean had a laugh track

Against Gravity Bewketu Seyoum in societyAgainst Gravity: the title alludes to our struggle with mortality as we age and, by contrast, the pleasures of play, imagination, creativity. Robert Saxtons latest poetry book is dedicated to a friend whose heart gave out on a Scottish mountain. But in counterpoint to the elegaic, it offers humour too, often with dark overtones. The subject matter is wide ranging from the late Queen to the pitfalls of indexing, from Neros theatre to trouser suits for