Luck by Michael Grieve

Michael Grieve studied at the Universities of St Andrews and Cambridge, before being lured back to his native Fife to work as a bookseller.

This is a one-poem publication, a narrative in the best tradition of narrative poets such as Robert Browning, and perhaps a bit of a novelty in the 21st century.

It is one of two ‘story-poem’ pamphlets, published at the same time (the other one is Granny Garbage by Joan Lennon). Each of these verse narratives is intriguing, beguiling, and makes a great gift—even for those whose first love isn’t poetry.