Alan Parry

This post was contributed by Kirill Bogdanov (Pr. Solutions Architect at AWS) and Alan Parry, (CTO at YellowDog). Large-scale compute grids sit at the heart of modern financial services operations. They power overnight batch runs for regulatory risk and prepare traders for the coming day. During trading, the same grids drive intraday ‘value at risk’ (VaR), trade pricing, real-time ‘Greeks’, and profit and loss calculations.

This latest offering from Black Bough Poetry, edited by Matthew M. C. Smith, showcases Rachel Deering‘s keen poetic voice. A familiar figure at The Broken Spine, Deering has graced the pages of The Codex and clinched the 2024 Reader’s Choice Award for her poem Birch Tree. In this collection, she invites readers into a nuanced exploration of the natural world, weaving profound connections between life, death, and the essence of human experience.

Alan Parry Alan Parry is a poet, playwright and poetry editor from Merseyside, England. He is an English Literature graduate and English teacher. Alan enjoys gritty realism, open ends, miniature schnauzers and 60s girl groups. He has previously had work published by Dream Noir, Porridge, Streetcake Magazine, Black Bough Poems, Nightingale & Sparrow, Ghost City Press, Anti-Heroin Chic and others. He cites Alan Bennett, Claude McKay and Stan Barstow as inspiration.