Blindside , Mark Reid's fifth collection, exhibits his accustomed minimalist rigour, a spare and allusive lyric, contemporary, colloquial, committed, seeking the sublime in the everyday. ' Mark Reid's poetry has always delighted and challenged me. His distinctive voice and finely-tuned ear for just the right music has given his work a potency that's been hard-won. Reid is a craftsman .' - Anthony Lawrence ' Reid's is a brooding art, open to epiphany, constructing it, but also measuring its constant retreat .' - Lyn McCredden