RABBITBOX by Wayne Holloway-Smith Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2026 language namely the poet’s late father

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RABBITBOX by Wayne Holloway-Smith <b> Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2026 </b> language namely the poet’s late fatherPublished 12 March 2026 A transfixing, heart rending work which follows a mother and her young son living under the shadow of an all consuming domestic threat, by T. S. Eliot Prize shortlisted poet Wayne Holloway Smith. 24 Coalbrook Street. The house is trembling with a father's anger. It makes a rabbit of a young boy, sends him burrowing into a wardrobe, and leaves his mother standing hapless and mute over the kitchen sink. In this house, how far can