Grain is a collection of poem written by John Glenday and published in 2009. Glenday's poetry style is quite lyrical, and he infuses many emotions into his writing. Some of the most interesting poems within Grain include a rendering of the popular story, Beauty and the Beast, but told backwards, as well as a poem told from the point of view of a can of peaches, helplessly waiting for a can-opener to be invented and open it.
John Glenday is a Scottish poet that has published four independent collections of poems, as well as individual poems in famous magazines. His works have appeared in Chicago's Poetry, The Guardian, The Scotsman, and The Times Literary Supplement, among other places. His newest collection is titled The Golden Mean, and was published in 2015.
