A Dam
By Ned Denny
From Ned Denny’s new collection, “Ventriloquise”, out on 27 July (Carcanet, £12.99). Denny was born in London in 1975. He has worked as a postman, art critic, book reviewer, music journalist and gardener. His debut collection, “Unearthly Toys: Poems & Masks”, was published in 2018 and “B (After Dante)”, in 2021
