Notes for Lighting a Fire - Hardcover

Cambridge, Gerry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190593971X ISBN 13: 9781905939718

Publisher: HappenStance, 2012

Synopsis

Light, whether the stark light of a fading parent, the light locked up in coal as a motif for a community and family history, or the spectacular unexpected last light of a winter dusk, is a frequent presence in Gerry Cambridge's first collection of poems in nine years. 'Notes' begins and ends with light's variation fire: the winter fire in the grate, the fire of the sun at the world's edge. Between these two poles are poems of desire, possession and memory. Clear-eyed and grave, this is Cambridge's most searching book to date.

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About the Author

Gerry Cambridge is a poet, essayist and print designer with a background in natural history photography, as well as the founder-editor of 'The Dark Horse', a poetry journal with an international reputation and strong links to the USA. He has held several writing fellowships, including one at Brownsbank, Hugh MacDiarmid's former home, and two Royal Literary Fund Fellowships at the University of Edinburgh and at Glasgow Caledonian. Since 1997, he has conducted writing workshops, both in schools and with adult groups across Scotland, often combining his twin enthusiasms for poetry and the natural world.

Edition details

• Publisher: HappenStance
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190593971X
• ISBN 13: 9781905939718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64