The Arches Ziba Karbassi though never overdetermining cultural and

though never overdetermining cultural and political concerns

and vocal blank verse but also in sonnets

Rosemary Canavan was born in Scotland

and though the results may be dark on one level

The Arches Ziba Karbassi though never overdetermining cultural andTwenty five surreal collages by John Digby, set in an ornate arch from the Alhambra, suggest a multiplicity of narratives and provide provocative starting points for poet Tony Curtis. Giraffes in slings, a toppling Statue of Liberty, woolly mammoths, an enthroned bull, a monster pear and giant apple, flying fishes, a crazed Noah all are among the many intriguing images to which the poet has responded in The Arches. Like the collages, his poems may ask