This rich selection of John Fuller"s poems, made by the author himself, is taken from his last eight collections and spans over twenty-five years of work. "Everything goes back to earth," writes Fuller, "But first it must dance / Dance to exhaustion." His poems, brilliant in their dexterity and virtuoso in their use of form, engage with a spectacular range of subjects, revealing a dark, haunted imagination leavened by moments of exuberant levity. Taken together, they form an elegant, enquiring and accomplished body of work, and one that confirms John Fuller as a significant and influential figure in British poetry.