Qwerty

Paul Groves’ work is characterised by a sharp wit and pitch-black humour, coupled with an unsurpassed mastery of form. In Qwerty , his fifth collection of poetry, he again ranges freely from the sinister to the unsettling and the deeply shocking. Yet such is technical adroitness, he remains very much the poet’s poet. Paul Groves was brought up in Wales, lived for twenty-five years in the Forest of Dean, and has now recrossed the border and lives in Monmouth. He has been strikingly successful in national and international competitions and has published poetry and criticism in a wide range of periodicals, including London Magazine , Poetry Review and The Times Literary Supplement .