KC
's second Arvon
course was taught by Simon Armitage
, who had recently become the poetry editor at Chatto and Windus
. Armitage offered KC
a chance to publish. This led to the appearance...
Literary responses
Judith Kazantzis
This book was much praised. US poet Richard Wilbur
was struck by the unexpectedness of her word choice, and explained that re-encountered, her words surprise again through their unusual accuracy and their nice governance of...
Textual Features
Wendy Cope
The title, and the verse-form that goes with it, derive from Kipling
's The Law of the Jungle—a deliberately ironic circumstance, since Kipling writes of the rules meticulously observed by wolves and other wild...