Caparison

Welcome to The Recusant's print and e-book imprint, Caparison. The choice of name is intended to convey variety of subject and style; poetry which demonstrates a love of language in combination with a strength of subject; poetry which is unconstrained by fashionable trappings. You can download samples from the e-books below by double-clicking on the cover images. Should the sample poems whet your appetites, you can then purchase the full e-books via Paypal by double-clicking on an Add to Cart button under it. Once your payment is received, you will receive the e-book by email. Calibre or Adobe Digital Editions are recommended for viewing the ebooks.

Caparison

Peter Street

Earth Talk

54pp (2020)

Caparison is proud to announce an eco-poetry collection from a distinctive veteran poet.

£9 incl. P&P (UK)

£12 incl. P&P (Europe)

£16 incl. P&P (Outside Europe)

Christopher Moncrieff

Mermaids in Wormwood, 160pp (2021)

Illustrated 

Foreword by Alan Morrison

Moncrieff's second collection is a phantasmagorical navigation of undergraduate angst in a Cambridge college.

£13 incl. P&P(UK)

£16 incl. P&P (Europe)

£20 incl. P&P (Outside Europe)

Christopher Moncrieff 

Tabac Blond, 136pp (2019)

Illustrated

Foreword by Alan Morrison

Caparison is proud to announce the debut poetry collection from prolific poet and translator Christopher Moncrieff. This is implicitly European poetry: lyrical, polemical and unashamedly erudite.

£13 incl. P&P (UK)

£16 incl. P&P (Europe)

£20 incl. P&P (Outside Europe)

Alan Price 

Restless Voices

56pp (2020)

A collection of strikingly filmic cut-up poems.

£11 incl. P&P(UK)

£14 incl. P&P (Europe)

£18 incl. P&P (Outside Europe)

Bruce Harris

The Huntington Hydra, 100pp

print book

£11 incl. P&P (UK)

£14 incl. P&P (Europe)

£18 incl. P&P (Outside Europe)

Howard Mingham Waters of the Night

Collected Poems 1974-84 (print book)

Forewords by David Kessel and Ken Worpole

Afterword by Alan Morrison

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The complete poems of a truly gifted and original poet.

e-book £2.99

£11 incl. P&P (UK)

£14 incl. P&P (Europe)

£18 incl. P&P (Outside Europe)

Peter Branson Red Shift, 60pp 

(e-book only) Introduction by Alan Morrison

The poetry of Peter Branson is an accomplished combination of tone, style and subject one might not normally presume to go together: economy and flourish, restraint and passion, private-mindedness and social conscience. Branson manages to blend these variants into a handsome harmony, making for a poetry both emotionally and intellectually affecting. These poems ruminate on the many-coloured conflicts of today: from the clashes of the banking crisis to the scrub of Afghanistan.

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Price £2.99

Sally Richards Emperor Dragonfly, 60pp

Introduction by Alan Morrison (e-book only)

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Richards’ poetry actually says something which is quite rare in modern poetry... She creates very successfully a doubt in the mind of the reader... 

Nigel Humphreys

Price £2.99

Kevin Saving Miracle & Mirage 60pp

Introduction by Alan Morrison (e-book only)

Kevin Saving’s best lines have the authority of proverbs (but are more musical!)

Alison Brackenbury

Price £2.99

Alessandro Cusimano Arabesques

of a Nervous Wandering, 64pp

Foreword by Alan Morrison (e-book only)

...sensual explorations reminiscent of those of Rimbaud        

Donald Webb

Price £2.99