Please don't trample us; we are trying to grow

Steph Morris achieves a fine engagement between affection and refined outrage across a sequence of poems that excited me for their focus on the family and the nation. A hugely enjoyable debut!

Daljit Nagra

Like the plants he nurtures as a gardener, Steph Morris's poems are fed by a desire to believe the world is a benevolent place; but his jaunty humour and O'Haraesque casualness can often mask his more serious concerns about the environment and our attitude towards it. This is a playful and exuberant debut from a poet with a wonderfully original voice.

Tamar Yoseloff

Steph Morris is an artist, gardener, writer and translator. He grew up in the midlands, lived in Berlin for many years and is now based in London. His poems have been published in various magazines and in anthologies including Diversifly, also from Fair Acre Press. In 2019 he won the Live Canon 'Borough Prize'. His translations include novels by Martin Suter, the diaries of Brigitte Reimann, forthcoming from Seagull, several books about Pina Bausch and work for the Pina Bausch Foundation. His poetry translations have appeared in MPT and on no-mans-land.org, including work by Kurt Drawert and Tina Stroheker. He is currently translating Isa Aichinger's poetry and dialogues. He graduated from the Poetry School / Newcastle University MA in Writing Poetry in 2017 as part of the inaugural cohort. steph-morris.com @herr_morris on twitter