God-Head-Contraption by Emma McKervey W S Merwin  Opening with a study

 Opening with a study of a girl in a miniature portrait

It includes the dark

but more - our involvement

and covers closely relevant historical contexts

At school his interest in nature deepened

God-Head-Contraption by Emma McKervey W S Merwin  Opening with a studyIn 'God Head Contraption', Emma turns her poetic vision towards the London branch of her family, which included bell founders, the highly skilled artisans who cast and tune bells. This collection of wayward, anarchic, genre bending poems imagines the life of her ancestors who were employed by the iconic Bell Foundry of Whitechapel, London. Centre around the ubiquitous person of Mr Oliver, who departs from the North Downs to make his way on foot to