Slakki New Neglected Poems Author:Roy Fisher Opening with new poems written during Roy Fisher's 80s - since his Costa-shortlisted collection Standard Midland (2010) - the book's second section is a gathering of uncollected poems mainly written during the 1960s, while the third part contains poems, similarly uncollected, written in the 1950s. Slakki is Old Norse for a shallow depression amo... more »ng hills: "Not much of a valley. A Slack," writes Roy Fisher, with typical self-effacement. Derek Slade contributed substantially to composing the notes on sources and earlier appearances of the works gathered here.« less