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.

Price £2.99

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.

 

from the Introduction 

Howard Mingham 

Waters of the Night

Collected Poems 1974-84

(print book)

Forewords by David Kessel

and Ken Worpole

Afterword by Alan Morrison

 

£11 incl. P&P (UK)

 

 

 

£14 incl. P&P (Europe)

 

 

£18 incl. P&P (Outside Europe)

 

 

The complete poems of a truly gifted and original poet.

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

Sally Richards

Emperor Dragonfly, 60pp

Introduction by

Alan Morrison

(e-book only)

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