A first short collection of poems, prose poems, short poems & experimental forms. Includes an experimental form I created called: Cleave poetry. One of the poems: ‘A portrait of death as an artist’ was first published in the winter 2008 issue of Poetry News. It also came a close second in the Hamish Canham Poetry Prize for that year. This is the judges verdict on it: "We had great trouble choosing between the last two poems. Phuoc-Tan Diep’s ‘Portrait of Death as an Artist’ is a powerful evocation of the aftermath of war. Through the metaphor of Death as a painter, we are invited to reflect on how, even long afterwards, the melancholy aesthetics of death persist. Through still and spare language, the pathos and loss of war are wonderfully evoked."