Ghost Passage by Josephine Balmer #Carcanetpress The poems respond to this

The poems respond to this distinct setting and share a dichotomous relationship where each ‘complete’ poem is mirrored by an ‘incomplete’ sister poem

the poems that explore the complexities of a life that involves the dislocations of migration

elegy and celebration

Waves of memorable images

Ghost Passage by Josephine Balmer #Carcanetpress The poems respond to thisGhost Passage explores the ways in which we write ourselves in to the landscape, leaving our own trace, making our mark. From inscribed ancient artefacts and recently excavated writing tablets of Roman London the earliest known written texts in the city to tombstones in a remote Kent churchyard, the collection deciphers the hidden texts that weave through our past, articulating lost and often overlooked voices. Outside the usual boundaries of