Not What We Were Expecting Spawn Okinawa is a tiny island

Okinawa is a tiny island of huge geopolitical importance

with a phizzwizzing new cover

When he returns to Florida to bury his estranged son

Here is a rich mix of anecdotes and observations

Not What We Were Expecting Spawn Okinawa is a tiny islandA debut collection of poetic snapshots written between 1986 and 2024. "All the wit you'd expect and yearn for but with a really surprising and delicious sensitivity." Joanna Lumley "Alistair's sense of fun we know but the tenderness of his poetry adds new depths to our understanding of the man and his work." Henry Normal"Funny, moving, and with a real depth of feeling." Mary Killen, The Spectator"You don't get to be a great impressionist without a