KERF Mario Petrucci

KERF Mario Petrucci'Kerf' are the sawdust, particles or pieces irrevocably extracted from wood by the blades of cutting implements. Failure to calculate blade thickness when cutting wood can throw off project measurements exponentially. Thin kerf blades are most accurate for fine woodworking, but they can warp and need careful maintenance. Thick kerf blades are labour saving but are brute and lack finesse. The poems of Kerf write through themes of woodworking, craft and

The muleteer’s daughter was ultimately more difficult to leave than the city girlfriend

My ancestral grannies counted grapefruit spoons

Carr was an important part of the action as well as a sharp observer of it and he wrote about his friends and colleagues

consciousness and unconsciousness

the core of Labour-voting Oxford East ward

scrape with ovarian cancer

He eavesdrops in Idaho on the chit chat of two women knitting in the Hammer Coffee Shop

“Amen to Butterflies”

by her vexingly famous and successful partner Andrew (too old for her by half)

Raphael Urweider

Mona Zaki reviews Driss Chraïbi’s Muhammad

each ideal for serious thought (whether the train