Congratulations to Michael Laskey! In a remarkable coincidence, I obtained a copy of his collection, Thinking of Happiness, published by Peterloo Poets in 1991, in Alnwick's wonderful Barter Books emporium just a few days ago. Simon Armitage's description of his poetry - "deceptively simple ... apparently effortless, domestic, calm in voice and clear in their descriptions and observations — yet so often, in fact almost always, deeply moving" is exactly right. Just my kind of poetry!
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Greg Freeman
Sun 15th Feb 2026 09:47
Congratulations to Michael Laskey! In a remarkable coincidence, I obtained a copy of his collection, Thinking of Happiness, published by Peterloo Poets in 1991, in Alnwick's wonderful Barter Books emporium just a few days ago. Simon Armitage's description of his poetry - "deceptively simple ... apparently effortless, domestic, calm in voice and clear in their descriptions and observations — yet so often, in fact almost always, deeply moving" is exactly right. Just my kind of poetry!
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