'to the universe' by Ameerah Arjanee

Ameerah Arjanee, who is one of the 14 poets that came on the Arvon course as a prize from the Foyle Young Poet's award is releasing a book of her poetry called 'to the universe' soon. This doesn't surprise me one bit because she is fantastically prolific as well as being a great poet. She must have a very talkative muse, or something, I don't know. I came with six poems to the retreat, all folded into little squares and an empty notebook, and she had this massive stack of them. It was quite daunting. Anyway, I will update this when her launch event at Institut français de Maurice in Marituis (why, oh why, is it so far) happens, and also I will probably order it. So, that's cool. She's a poet to watch out for.