Amali Rodrigo, Lotus Gatherers,(Bloodaxe Books, £9.95). The blurb to Amali Rodrigo’s first collection, Lotus Gatherers, comments ‘the lotus flower embodies the promise of purity and transcendence because it rises clear out of the muddy mire of its origins. It represents both abstract realms and the concrete phenomenal world.  The lotus root is also an aphrodisiac.’  … Continue reading Amali Rodrigo, Lotus Gatherers, reviewed by Ian Pople