The world's two smallest humans - Julia Copus

Julia Copus's poems bring humanity and light to some of our most
intimate and solitary moments, repeatedly breathing life into loss. In
two previous collections, she has been feted as among the most
compelling poets to have emerged in recent years; now, in The World's
Two Smallest Humans, she is writing at her most captivating yet. These
finely tuned poems are the fruit of her upbringing in a musical family,
an affinity with the Classics, a fascination with the arc of time, and
an unflinching scrutiny of love and personal relationships. Born out of a
powerful sense of place, the poems navigate through a beguiling
sequence of interior and exterior landscapes, whether revisiting Ovid,
negotiating the perils of one composer's attempt to step into the shoes
of another or describing, from shifting perspectives, a young girl's
escape from suburban ennui. The book concludes with a moving arrangement
of pieces that explore the author's experience of IVF: poems written
with wry humour and with grace, which celebrate the mysteries of
conception alongside the sometimes surreal business of medical
intervention. The World's Two Smallest Humans is an unforgettable read.