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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A wide-ranging and fact-filled compendium of influential women, all with a connection to the Reading area. Some are well known international names, others deserve to be. They are pioneers, familiar faces, recognisable voices, unsung heroes, campaigners, world changers, socialists, celebrities, Olympic champions, writers, artists, and scientists.This book features more than 60 individual Women who have a connection with Reading and have made a notable difference in the world. They include a fish scientist called ET, an air racer and one of Britains worst serial killers. Illustrated with a quirky mix of artistic styles, chosen to complement the individuals stories, this book will open your eyes to the parts women have played in our towns life over centuries. A wide-ranging and fact-filled compendium of influential women, all with a connection to the Reading area, with campaigners, world changers, celebrities, Olympic champions, writers, artists, a fish scientist called ET, and one of Britains worst serial killers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Transitional Spaces is concerned with inner lives and the secret doings of damage and repair. Touching on politics, sickness, sex, art, global warming and the messages of fantasy and dream, it looks at the lost and the longed-for, and at what happens when the bonds between us rupture. Nature appears as mirror, pointer or consolation. Creativity is explored in lines that include poets, a painter, a pattern-cutter and tapestry-maker, but also in our instinctual methods of surviving trauma. Behrens does not attempt an answer, rather she maps the trackways of feeling.Never less than accomplished, never less than intriguing, the poems exhibit the kind of empirical and aesthetic care which distinguishes the best of the contemporary poetry written in the tradition thats taken William Carlos Williams infamous remark no ideas but in things as one of its key starting pointsThe High WindowBehrens here delivers an often shockingly good performance loaded with wild, unexpected insight and innovation in modes of thought and language Empty Mirror Transitional Spaces, Kate Behrenss fourth poetry collection, is concerned with inner lives and the secret doings of damage and repair. Touching on politics, sickness, sex, art, global warming and the messages of fantasy and dream, it looks at the lost and the longed-for, and at what happens when the bonds between us rupture. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In May of 1895, the most dazzling man of letters of the nineteenth century was sentenced to two years with hard labour for acts of gross indecency with another male person. On his release he moved to France, where he wrote the Ballad: an anguished plea for prison reform, and a passionate expression of sympathy for his fellow prisoners, those souls in pain. Oscar Wildes The Ballad of Reading Gaol was a success from its first publication, and to this day some of its lines are among the most famous in the English language. In this powerfully illustrated edition Two Rivers Press presents Wildes Ballad alongside Peter Hays original images and adds a specially-commissioned Afterword by Peter Stoneley which draws on unpublished material in the prison archives. Oscar Wilde's most famous poem, with illustrations and an afterward with background information. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. There's more to Reading than traffic, concrete and busy people. Wildlife flourishes amidst the urban hustle and with a couple of hundred open spaces, some ancient woodlands and two great rivers, Reading rewards the appreciative naturalist. Wander from town centre to suburbs exploring the parks and meadows, following the rivers and the wooded ridges, watching the seasons change. You'll be surprised at what you find. Over 25 years Adrian Lawson chronicled the wildlife he encountered in his days working in the parks, walking his dogs in the woods and riding his bike around the town. This book takes us through the calendar year with a selection of articles from his long-running newspaper column, Rural Reading, plus some new and previously unpublished pieces. Accompanied by perceptive and very personal illustrations from Geoff Sawers, equally devoted to the natural history of Reading, this exquisite collection will open your eyes to the wild side of town. Over 25 years Adrian Lawson chronicled the wildlife he encountered in the parks, woods and town of Reading. This book takes us through the calendar year with a selection of articles from his long-running newspaper column, Rural Reading, plus some new and previously unpublished pieces, accompanied by perceptive illustrations from Geoff Sawers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Cat Jeoffry is a self-contained passage from Christopher Smart's eccentric 18th century masterpiece Jubilate Agno (Rejoice in the Lamb) and the most famous piece of poetry ever written about a cat. Poignantly, Jeoffry was Smart's companion during his lengthy confinement for mental illness. His close and affectionate observations of the cat's antics both entertained him and inspired his moving religious celebration. Often anthologised, this passage brims over with the prankish playfulness and sudden ferocity of one of the literary world's most famous cats. Quirky, realistic, affectionate, it is at the same time a remarkable spiritual meditation. This new edition contains a commentary and notes by Tom Woodman. Peter Hay's characteristic black and white illustrations rampage through the book. A favourite poem for cat-lovers extracted from Christopher Smart's longer Jubilate Agno. Illustrated and with an afterword explaining some of the eighteenth century background. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Turning Manet on his head, entering the thoughts of a post prandial lion, viewing and buying a snorting Hot Rod, imagining life on a modern-day Titanic, wondering what happens to the story after a book is finished or what a sonnet written by a modern day Shakespeare might look like, The Weather on the Moon ranges across art, music, philosophy, literature and poetry, politics, history, science and the natural world to encounter what its like to be alive. Bubbling away throughout this intense, sometimes humorous, sometimes quirky, always compassionate poetry is a joy in language, its possibilities, and music. As Graham Hardie writes, his work fuses many elements into one short space: pathos; wit; dexterous use of simile and metaphor; a heightened imagination; an ability to make poetry from the commonplace. The poems in The Weather on the Moon turn Manet on his head, enter the thoughts of a post prandial lion, view and buy a snorting Hot Rod, and imagine life on a modern-day Titanic. Bubbling away throughout this intense, sometimes humorous, sometimes quirky, always compassionate poetry is a joy in language, its possibilities, and music. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The poems in Discoveries, written over the last four years, respond to the uncertainties of our time with an unpredictability of their own. Tim Dooley makes use of varied, sometimes arbitrary, structures to explore possibilities of expression. Some poems extemporise along lines of linguistic fantasy or celebrate innovators of modernism, while others observe contemporary experience with acuity. A sobering central section, structured in 100-word prose paragraphs, revisits a source of shame at the heart of our history.Dooley deals with whatever comes news, memories, encounters, dreams: nothing is out of bounds. PHILIP GROSS Poetry ReviewAmong the handful of writers today trying to work towards a serious, intelligent poetry of the people PETER SANSOM OrbisDooley shows how, in a quiet, contained register its possible to be trenchantly political. KATY EVANS BUSH Baroque in HackneyA unifying factor is Dooleys consistently humane vision and concern for the disaffected and inarticulate. DAVID WHEATLEY TLSA poetry of thoughtful, unshowy resonance, that can also be very funny. ALAN JENKINS and EVA SALZMAN PBS BulletinTim Dooley is a rare example of a poet who has improved with age. RORY WATERMAN TLS The poems in Discoveries, written over the last four years, respond to the uncertainties of our time with an unpredictability of their own. Tim Dooley makes use of varied, sometimes arbitrary, structures to explore possibilities of expression. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Pennies on my Eyes, the latest addition to our classic poems series, is a centennial collection of Wilfred Owen's poetry illustrated by Reading-based artists. The town made its contribution to Owen's becoming a poet through the encouragement he received from Professor Edith Morley at the University of Reading while based in the nearby village of Dunsden. Each inspired by a work in this memorial volume, the artists offer their unique responses for this celebratory gathering of Owen's most famous war poems, published on 4 November 2018, the 100th anniversary of the poet's death on the Western Front at the Sambre-Oise Canal just one week before the Armistice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the title poem to Sicilian Elephants, his most wide-ranging and ambitious collection to date, David Cooke imagines the short-lived paradise achieved by those miniature elephants whose bones have been found on the island. In poems gathered here he explores notions of home and the way humans aspire to define their space and achieve a life of ease.Starting out from familiar domestic settings, he explores the rituals of DIY and gardening. However, the inevitable tensions between us and our environment and the ways that human achievement is subject to time are further explored in new and startling situations as when in a poem about heaven, the quest for a spiritual homeland is set against territorial conflict. With Sicilian Elephants, in words from the Poetry Book Society Bulletin: Cookes lyrical insight and precision make the personal universal. In the title poem to Sicilian Elephants, his most wide-ranging and ambitious collection to date, David Cooke imagines the short-lived paradise achieved by those miniature elephants whose bones have been found on the island. In poems gathered here he explores notions of home and the way humans aspire to define their space and achieve a life of ease. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The first edition of English Nettles brought together poems Peter Robinson began writing on his return to England after many years living in Japan. The twenty-three works, evocatively illustrated by Sally Castle, show the poets ability to catch at fleeting landscapes and moments as, discovering Reading, he reacquainted himself with his native land. The poems celebrate his collaboration with the artist in their tribute to the place in which he came to settle. This beautifully redesigned new edition brings the book back into print, and includes an additional poem and illustration. Running through their lines like the towns two arteries are oblique reflections on the meaning of home, the nature of money, work, love, death, and parenthood. Approachable yet inexhaustible, Peter Robinsons poetry welcomes readers and promises rewards that can be kept.A Two Rivers Press illustrated classic. the finest poet of his generation PN Review Robinson is at his best when describing the strangeness of marginalia such as a creosoted shed / with ivy bursting through its boards where time is distorted and realigned like perspectives in a mirror so that a return home feels as strange as being in a foreign country Poetry London a major English poet Poetry Review English Nettles brings together poems Peter Robinson began writing on his return to England after many years living in Japan. Now redesigned and reissued after many years out of print, this evocative collaboration between poet Peter Robinson and artist Sally Castle celebrates fleeting English landscapes and moments, and home viewed afresh. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Sally Castle Ilustrador. Paperback. Greetings! Im Matilda -- you may know me as Empress Matilda -- and I was so nearly the first Queen of England. William the Conqueror was my grandfather, and I should have succeeded my father, King Henry I. For many years I ruled in the southern counties of England and came very close to seizing the crown back from my cousin, Stephen. However, it was not to be. This is my story.So begins this colourfully illustrated book telling the story of Empress Matilda, a medieval feminist who fought to gain her rightful place as Queen of England.With a foreword by Lindy Grant, Professor Emerita of Medieval History at the University of Reading, and an expert in Kingship and Queenship in the High Middle Ages. A colourful illustrated short book telling the story of Empress Matilda, who was so nearly the first Queen of England. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. This Thing of Blood & Love, Lesley Saunders fifth collection with Two Rivers Press, is an intense examination of human culpability, the secrets we half-keep from ourselves, the contradictory selves we inhabit, the histories that live on unreconciled in us, the planet whose imperfect stewards we are; and above all the unfathomable mystery of being (in) a body, incarnated, made flesh a thing of blood and love that betrays us with its appalling vulnerabilities.The poems in this book display the celebratory delight in language which has continued to impress readers and reviewers of Saunders work, though here imbued with a disturbed and disturbing awareness of mortality the ultimate vulnerability from which in the end we derive our deepest sense of self. This is Lesley Saunders fifth poetry collection with Two Rivers Press. It is an intense examination of human culpability, and the unfathomable mystery of being (in) a body, incarnated, made flesh a thing of blood and love that betrays us with its appalling vulnerabilities. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Two Girls and a Beehive offers a minutely observed exploration of the life and work of visionary artist Stanley Spencer and his first wife, Hilda Carline. Inspired by paintings, letters, personal and social history, these poems illuminate Spencer's creative legacy and engage the reader with the contradictory beatitudes of his art.Nothing less than a masterpiece of ekphrasis, this is a work of extraordinary unity, daring and emotional breadth These poems marvellously reconfigure Spencers tawny pigments, scenes of warfare and bohemian domesticity, couplings in low-ceilinged rooms, flowered prints, the strange militancy of his Christian faith and, above all, the annihilation of a woman artist on the altars of desire, betrayal and art. I am smitten from the first page to the last.ANNIE FREUD A marvellous act of dual authorship by two poets at the top of their game. Something magical happens in these pages. Works of visual power exchange speech with poems written in response to them. Biographical poems thoroughly inhabit and re-imagine the minds of Stanley and Hilda Spencer. The book is an act of what Dante called visible speaking (esto visible parlare): visual practice takes on a refreshed verbal life; the landscapes of paintings rise clear in the minds eye; and their subjects speak newly to the minds ear.DAVID MORLEYAn original and impressive collection, varied yet unified. ANTHONY THWAITE Two Girls and a Beehive offers a minutely observed exploration in poetry of the life and work of Stanley Spencer and his two wives, Hilda Carline and Patricia Preece, engaging readers with the particular unease that must trouble any follower of Spencer's paintings, with their human dramas and contradictory beatitudes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Colour of Rain is Susan Uttings fifth full collection, following her New and Selected, Half the Human Race. Here she demonstrates a new-found intimacy with the natural world, a closeness that leads her to become part of it. She becomes a Willow Sister, joins an avenue of poplars, has conversations with bees. And while nature is joyfully celebrated, poems also lament its losses: felled trees. disappearing species, Rachel Carsons all too present Silent Spring.The poets trademark musicality and dancing rhythms are in evidence throughout the collections four sections. Her fascination with language, its sounds and resonances, demonstrate reviewer Philip Grosss comment that Utting unashamedly loves language, and it seems to love her back. The Colour of Rain is Susan Uttings fifth full collection of poetry, following her New and Selected, Half the Human Race. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Some Other Where is about steps and missteps, disconnection, and connection, both in relationships and between ourselves and the world. Matthewss poems, which have been described by Bernard ODonoghue as life enhancing, embody those sudden jolts when we see our lives differently. Work here touches on the climate crisis, on how the ancient past speaks to our present lives, and on moments glimmering with the extraordinary and the sacred. 'Some Other Where' is about steps and missteps, disconnection, and connection, both in relationships and between ourselves and the world. Matthewss poems embody those sudden jolts when we see our lives differently. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Sally Castles beautifully hand-lettered and illustrated edition of Oscar Wildes The Happy Prince sets the story among Readings parks, squares, rooflines and churches the town thats shaped her and her artwork and where Oscar spent an unhappy period in gaol. This enchanting combination of fairy story with concrete urban reality, a tale of sacrificial love written with a flourish and swirl, turns a simple book into a gem as precious as the large red ruby that glowed on the Princes sword-hilt.With an introduction by Michael Seeney, author and collector of Wildes work.Sally Castle writes:'Oscar Wildes story, The Happy Prince, was originally published in 1888 and is a tale about doing good deeds to help others. I began illustrating it as a personal project and decided to set the story in Reading the town of my birth and a connection to Oscar through The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Ive portrayed Readings buildings in my artwork over many years and designed public artworks that celebrate its built heritage.After his release, Oscar Wilde was said to have remembered Reading Gaol as a sort of enchanted castle and Ive depicted it as such in the Happy Princes tale. The Prince himself is based on the playing card, Jack of Hearts, who is believed to win his crown through sacrifice for love. I have a reputation for hand lettering and have set the text in a style loosely based on copperplate, written with a pen dipped in Quink ink to give the feel of a sketchbook. Perhaps this is how Oscar wrote it?' A new edition of Oscar Wildes The Happy Prince, beautifully illustrated and hand-lettered by artist Sally Castle. With an introduction by Oscar Wilde expert Michael Seeney. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the title poem of Katherine Meehans debut collection, Dame Julie Andrews Botched Vocal Cord Surgery and Other Poems, the poet presents an examination of losses, failures, and griefs, all of them tempered by an unusual humour.Grounded in the particularities of location, these poems wander between urban and rural spaces, from Los Angeles and Appalachia to the English home counties. Glass eels, Grendels mother and a host of nameless losers are given voice as the collection explores the tension between the futility of the speech act and its necessity. Katherine Meehans debut collection presents an examination of losses, failures, and griefs, all tempered by an unusual humour. The poems wander between urban and rural spaces, from Los Angeles and Appalachia to the English home counties, giving voice to glass eels, Grendels mother and a host of nameless losers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Paradise Takeaway is a long poem with Luton Airport in it. Part memoir, part invention, it takes us along the bus and train routes of the London metropolitan area, not stopping at the eponymous fast food outlet en route to Aylesbury. On the way youll meet the Spirit of Rail, the Lady of Passport Control, a famous German philosopher, and other figures real and unreal.Somewhere at the back of it all is Germany: A Winters Fairy Tale, Heinrich Heines long poem on returning to Germany for the first time after thirteen years in Parisian exile. Drawing on thirty years of trips back from Berlin to the UK, and a lifetime of not always entirely healthy eating, Alistair Noon reflects on what it is to watch a country and a waistline changing. And there isnt a single mention of You Know What. Paradise Takeaway is a long poem with Luton Airport in it. It takes us along the bus and train routes of the London metropolitan area, not stopping at the eponymous fast food outlet en route to Aylesbury. On the way youll meet the Spirit of Rail, the Lady of Passport Control, and other figures real and unreal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The language and structure of the poems allows readers to create their own interpretations of events and relationships. Never didactic and often leavened with wit, the poems occupy the liminal space between whats present and what lies beyond. Nevertheless, they are attentive in their range to such present-day realities as prostitution, prison and political deception. Forgiveness, they discover, may be found in time or place but we can only be certain that all is other in these uncertain times. The poems in Where Shadow Falls explore the frailties of the human condition, the landscapes in which such frailties emerge, and the dire consequences that can ensue. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 1976: just as the Sex Pistols are about to release Anarchy in the U.K., James Harpur arrives at Trinity College, Cambridge, to read Classics. As if stepping onstage in the strangest of theatres, he finds himself acting in a play without knowing what his part is to be.Changing to study English, the poet finds an education in unlikely places: a broken love affair; excruciating meetings with professors (and his father); initiations into Brahms and Rubens; writing a play about computer dating; and gatecrashing May Balls. Compelling, humorous and poignant, The Magic Theatre is an enthralling rite of passage amid the full catastrophe of university life.The Magic Theatre is at once an entertainment and a mystical progress, sharp-edged, brilliant, and original. The snakes of Harpurs Cambridge slither powerfully and fastfrom the forward by PENELOPE BUCKLEYSucceeding Harpurs award-winning portrayal of boarding school in The Examined Life, these are poems of rare subtlety, of heartbreaking poignancy and laugh-out-loud humour, of pitch-perfect craft and the most marvellous music MARK ROPER A new collection from James Harpur, chronicling his time at Trinity College, Cambridge, in the 1970s. Compelling, humorous and poignant, The Magic Theatre is an enthralling rite of passage amid the full catastrophe of university life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Passionate and affirming, the poems in this collection have at their heart an intense hunger for life, not only this side of death but after. Celebrating both human and divine love, they trace a path from personal loss to spiritual struggle and eventual epiphany, finding echoes in the vividly imagined experience of various mystics, including Rabia of Basra, John Donne and Simone Weil. Passionate and affirming, the poems in 'Love Leans over the Table' have at their heart an intense hunger for life, not only this side of death but after. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In Goldhawk Road, her eighth collection, Kate Noakes raises questions of identity the who and where we are, the where and who we want to be.She returns to London after six years spent shuttling back and forth to Paris for work. An observant and curious flaneuse, Kate explores her new city and the wider country with fresh eyes on the geography, the natural and the human history, while other poems here take us on travels further afield to the varied landscapes of the USA, Japans temples and gardens, the Australia of her childhood and imagination and, of course, to France in both its sadness and beauty. In Goldhawk Road, her eighth collection, Kate Noakes raises questions of identity the who and where we are, the where and who we want to be. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The very first book in the world to be illustrated with photographs was produced in Reading between 1844 and 1846. In 1843, William Henry Fox Talbot set up the first commercial studios to mass-produce photographs from negatives and he chose the Berkshire town of Reading as its location. The Reading Establishment, as it became known, marks a pivotal moment in the development of photography. Martin Andrews tells the story of these momentous events and places them in the context of the discovery and early history of photography. Told in a lively and engaging way, the story starts with a mystery. Who is the strange, foreign gentleman buying unusual substances in the chemist shops of Reading - is he a forger or a spy? An account of a significant development in the history of photography: the first commercial studio to mass-produce photographs, set up in Reading in 1843. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A history of Reading's iconic gaol: architectural landmark, cultural emblem and symbol for a community determined to cherish the town's heritage. Layers of history and art are carefully peeled back as Peter Stoneley reveals its past as architectural showcase for Sir George Gilbert Scott's decorative (and expensive!) style, location for experiments in prison reform, training ground for the leaders of the Irish Independence movement and, of course, the inspiration for Oscar Wilde's famous Ballad of Reading Gaol.Bringing the narrative right up to the present day with the discussions over its future use, the impact of the ArtAngel exhibition and Banksy's graffiti, this book is a timely platform for the building to tell us its story. A short history of Reading Gaol from its 19th-century origins to the present day. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Close to Readings busy centre, off London Street, stands the Friends Meeting House and burial ground. Austere, grand and yet welcoming, it can be both a place of challenge and a place of rest. But a Meeting is the people itself, not the building, and through overlapping generations this keeps a continuity across 350 years. This book outlines the long and at times surprisingly turbulent and moving story of the Reading Quaker Meeting. Quakers in the UK are grouped into many local Meetings; this book outlines the history of Reading Meeting and its place within the town, and of the Meeting House itself. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In The Third City, his most remarkable collection to date, James Peake once more offers us his unique combination of dream-like fluency and intellectual rigour. New and returning readers will discover an even more expansive poet in these pages, one who in poem after poem uncovers our capacity to love in full knowledge of the odds.Here Peake confirms his reputation for pin-sharp and trance-like poems (Wild Court) which show us different ways of seeing (Raceme). He is a poet of deep originality whose works of artful indirection fully realise our daily world, even as they transform its familiar constraints into staging posts for larger, less comprehensible, places. In The Third City, his most remarkable collection to date, James Peake once more offers us his unique combination of dream-like fluency and intellectual rigour, and who in poem after poem uncovers our capacity to love in full knowledge of the odds. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Kitty Hawkins first collection These Yellow Days is haunted by the birth and death of an idealised adulthood. Its extinction, in the form of a dead woman, haunts the poems, observing erosion, dunescapes, femininity, rebirth.Set largely in the blustery yet desolate expanses of a coastal landscape, These Yellow Days uses speculative and imaginative juxtapositions as a means of rewriting memories, particularly interactions with those the poet holds most dear. A ghost-like water leaks through the pages, giving and taking life simultaneously. What remains is the sharp and vulnerable, which, like an onshore breeze, scours the natural for hope. Kitty Hawkins first collection These Yellow Days is haunted by the birth and death of an idealised adulthood, using speculative and imaginative juxtapositions as a means of rewriting memories. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. With Signs Following, David Rickss first full collection, brings together poems and translations written over the last three decades. - It seems astonishing that this is David Rickss first full-length collection of poems, but then he has been in no haste, writing and polishing and storing up these gems over decades, even as he has laboured more publicly as a scholar of modern Greek literature. The result is a debut worth waiting for: formally adept, beautifully achieved poems that exist outside of the fluctuations of fashion, unabashedly serious, learned, and well crafted. from the afterword by A. E. Stallings With Signs Following, David Rickss first full collection, brings together poems and translations written over the last three decades. With an afterword by A. E. Stallings. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In The Blue Armchair, his third collection, John Froy seeks to rediscover his mother after her death in poems widely and wildly various. But which mother? The inspiring painter he hardly saw, a reckless mother he saw too much of? Or an ill, unhappy woman? These complications provide the background, but others too often take centre stage. We meet father, siblings, step-parents, a grandmother and a tragic grandfather, lovers and friends.In poems written over twenty years that don't flinch from pain, loss, and mental health issues, we also find much family love, art, colour, scented flowers, food and wine. We travel across the world, encounter the earth mother, Gaia, get up to hear the dawn chorus. An artist stepfather shines through, as we end with the joys of being a grandfather. In The Blue Armchair, his third collection, John Froy seeks to rediscover his mother after her death in poems widely and wildly various. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In The Adjustments, Claire Dyers fourth collection with Two Rivers Press, the poet explores the vagaries of time and experience. As a narrative in reverse, her book scrutinises the fine tunings of life from whats expected to what happens and the associated search for equilibrium in a world thats constantly changing.Covering the main themes of loss, gain, identity and relationships, the poems travel backwards from the challenges of later life to the hopes and fears of youth, and act as testament and interrogation, laying bare the quest for and acceptance of the adjustments we make and that ultimately define us. Poems which lay bare the quest for and acceptance of the adjustments we make and that ultimately define a life. This is Claire Dyers fourth collection. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.