Poetry from the UK & Ireland
Over 150 titles of contemporary poetry from the UK and Ireland.
The Spade of My Father
These poems mainly reflect the poet's background as the son of a fenland farmer. They are about landscapes, animals and people, and display considerable wit, affection and vulnerability, conveying their messages in a clear, economical style.
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Cathedral of Birds
In her third collection, Myra Schneider displays increasing control over disparate subject-matter, but the gift for powerfully affecting metaphor is as strong as ever, particularly in conjuring a sense of loss.
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Pommes Poems
An extraordinary collection of poems ranging widely from the domestic to dynastic, from the lyrical to the Apollonian, from the finely wrought to the crudely unkempt.
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Stepping Westward
Ann Bond combines the natural world and a profound sense of history in a first collection of poems that are both rich in literary allusion and sensual in expression.
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No Stranger to This Place
Born in South Wales, Beth Edge has lived in the Barnsley area of South Yorkshire since 1966. In these poems, she proves she is 'no stranger' to the county of her adoption, confronting the harshness of the industrial landscape at the same time as giving expression to romantic feeling in the face of nature.
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The Sofa Book
Containing sundry remarks and observations composed for the most part as the author reclined upon his sofa near the sea.
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Disturbed Ground
A first full collection from a member of the Northern-based poetry cabaret / performance group 'The Circus of Poets'. There is a concisiveness, a wiry strength and a wry humour about these poems, which need the page to appreciate them fully.
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Admissions
Pamela Lewis's poetry is notable for its conciseness and sharpness of observation. Although this, her first, collection centres on the themes of death and suffering, there is humour too.
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Thinking of the Bull Dancers
A wide-ranging collection both geographically and in terms of subject matter, these are poems about art, architecture, music, places, people, creatures. Here is someone on the move, yet always seeking repose, fascinated by beauty yet continually being brought up against the ugly side of experience.
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Total Recall
This collection, in which the poet draws upon his memories, is disconcerting and painfully honest yet also full of delights and curiosities. The final sequence, 'A Year and Others', embodies the tragic experience of the loss of a child.
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