An appropriately large anthology of 25 long, complex, poems which are not afraid to take their time, and, howeverloosely, to tell a story.What started as a complaint about the '40-line rule' in much of the poetry world has turned into an anthology that not only breaks that rule, but stomps all over it.Themes both great and small are explored in narrative poems that pack a punch. Human interactions from conversation, storytelling, lending and borrowing, theft,prayer, memory, shopping and a long walk, right through tosexuality, time travel, truce negotiations, disappearance, natural disaster, violence and death are explored. These lie alongside mythological and historical tales drawn from Greece, Turkey,Africa, Scandinavia and Britain.What draws all these themes together is the strength of the storytelling. Emotions as diverseas frustration, disappointment, embarrassment, hope, anger and fear are channelled through spectacular poetry in many different forms into truly satisfying work.