Shag - Softcover

Vickerman, Sue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910981028 ISBN 13: 9781910981023

Publisher: Naked Eye Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

This early collection of poems by Arts Council (UK) award-winning writer Sue Vickerman consists in strong, straight-talking narratives punctuated by keenly observed birds amidst the bleak land and seascapes of northern Britain.

Her poems have been described as “windows onto worlds where various degrees of unsatisfactoriness are revealed… The essential mode is ‘watching’ and Sue Vickerman’s gaze is uncompromising, direct and wide-ranging; her language dense and gritty, at home on the edge of things” - Linda France (editor, ‘Sixty Women Poets’, Bloodaxe Books).

“Salty, stony, fierce, loving, and sometimes sharp… Poems that will ruffle your feathers, full of acute glimpses of the underneath of things” - Julia Darling.

“Edgy, elemental, tender, they help me to understand more about what it is I’m doing, being human” - Subhadassi.

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Review

‘Keenly observed birds punctuate the poems in this collection – all strong, straight-talking narratives. They are windows on worlds where various degrees of unsatisfactoriness are revealed. Birds or worlds, the essential mode is ‘watching’ and Sue Vickerman’s gaze is uncompromising, direct and wide-ranging; her language dense and gritty, at home on the edge of things.’
Linda France, editor ‘Sixty Women Poets’ (Bloodaxe)

‘Sue Vickerman’s poems are always aware of the elemental picture behind the detail, of earth, air, sea and fire. They are salty, stony, fierce, loving, and sometimes sharp. These are poems that will ruffle your feathers, full of acute glimpses of the underneath of things.’
Julia Darling

‘Edgy, elemental, tender, [these poems] help me to understand more about what it is I’m doing, being human.’
Subhadassi

Edition details

• Publisher: Naked Eye Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1910981028
• ISBN 13: 9781910981023
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 42