Dante in the Laundrette Abdulla al-Harrasi and between the physical world

and between the physical world and how poets have been conditioned to observe and represent it

Ahmed Herdi

• 'Blind Criticism': two or three writers put their heads on the block and comment on a poem without knowing who wrote it

these poems are concerned with what can be done with what is left

This landmark publication of more than 300 poems reflects the sixty plus year publishing life of the late Leslie Norris

Dante in the Laundrette Abdulla al-Harrasi and between the physical worldDante in the Laundrette is a study in extreme urban lyricism a love song from the Third Circle of Hell, where it is always raining. In the Third Circle, Lear is a council estate bully; Caedmon has been gender reassigned and re housed in a Newcastle tower block. Meanwhile Dante is sitting in the all night launderette, contemplating the endless washing cycles. Dante in the Laundrette is an early morning walk through hungover Northern streets, a vision