Wallpeckers
£10.00
The intriguing title of polyglot-poet Christopher Moncrieff ’s fourth volume under the Caparison imprint, Wallpeckers, is a translation of Mauerspechte, portmanteau of Mauer (wall) and Specht (woodpecker), an informal German term used for tourists who pick pieces from the crumbling Berlin Wall to take home as souvenirs. Much of this volume draws on the poet’s former experiences as an army officer posted to Cold War-era Berlin.
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