Isbn: 9781784101800 - Skies (16 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. Skies is Alison Brackenbury's ninth Carcanet collection. In these poems, Brackenbury sustains delicate proximities between war and love, joy and sadness, summer and winter. Starting out as the first trees 'chatter into leaf', the poems cross through July's 'dripping amber' to January's 'false thaw'. The seasonal shift is reflected in the poet's larder, its variegating hues and tastes: honeycomb, parsnips, apples, broad beans, sprouts, jams and spices summon an air of harvest. But it is also the seasons of life that concern Brackenbury here: the poet's irrecoverable past, her youth 'which I can never visit, like a star', is at the same time the thing that never stops revisiting: in an unexpected letter from an old lover, in a half-remembered playground song. The poems in Skies are attuned to this musicality, to time's echoes and refrains, the old errors that still 'flower and flower'. Finally, it is the poet's quiet conviction to savour life, to take seriously its succulent variety, that defines this collection: the poems attest to the special privileges of age: wisdom, self-sufficiency, a deepening patience with the world; the ability to be, as the poet says of an apple, 'self-sweet'. The communal warmth of the kitchen finds its double in the exquisite loneliness of rising early, of hearing the barking of town foxes at dawn, or in the contemplation of a garden in autumn, its rows of hips swelled by rain, a rose 'whose name I think means happiness'. …

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The beauty of the Goucestershire landscape and sky-scape are Alison Brackenbury's commanding theme, her landscapes are historied, the skies always in vivid motion, moving towards elegy. The two World Wars and their poets are present, but also the nearer histories of family, the intimate arrest of older poems. Brackenbury's work has been featured on BBC Radio and she was recently awarded a Cholmondeley. New collection from Cholmondeley Award-winning poet celebrating the beauty of the Gloucestershire countryside and reflecting on childhood, family memories and WWI. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A commanding collection of poetry exploring landscape, history, and personal elegy.Alison Brackenbury's Skies captures the beauty of the Gloucestershire landscape and sky-scape, presenting vivid and moving poems. Her landscapes are rich with history, and the skies are always in motion, often leading to elegy. The collection subtly weaves in the presence of the two World Wars and their poets, alongside more intimate histories of family and personal reflection.This collection offers a blend of historical depth and personal intimacy, appealing to readers who appreciate: - Poetic explorations of nature and place- Reflections on family and memory- Subtle historical and war themesSkies invites readers to contemplate the intersection of landscape, history, and personal experience in a uniquely British context.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The beauty of the Goucestershire landscape and sky-scape are Alison Brackenbury's commanding theme, her landscapes are historied, the skies always in vivid motion, moving towards elegy. The two World Wars and their poets are present, but also the nearer histories of family, the intimate arrest of older poems. Brackenbury's work has been featured on BBC Radio and she was recently awarded a Cholmondeley. New collection from Cholmondeley Award-winning poet celebrating the beauty of the Gloucestershire countryside and reflecting on childhood, family memories and WWI. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. New collection from Cholmondeley Award-winning poet celebrating the beauty of the Gloucestershire countryside and reflecting on childhood, family memories and WWI.

Paperback. Condition: New. Skies is Alison Brackenbury's ninth Carcanet collection. In these poems, Brackenbury sustains delicate proximities between war and love, joy and sadness, summer and winter. Starting out as the first trees 'chatter into leaf', the poems cross through July's 'dripping amber' to January's 'false thaw'. The seasonal shift is reflected in the poet's larder, its variegating hues and tastes: honeycomb, parsnips, apples, broad beans, sprouts, jams and spices summon an air of harvest. But it is also the seasons of life that concern Brackenbury here: the poet's irrecoverable past, her youth 'which I can never visit, like a star', is at the same time the thing that never stops revisiting: in an unexpected letter from an old lover, in a half-remembered playground song. The poems in Skies are attuned to this musicality, to time's echoes and refrains, the old errors that still 'flower and flower'. Finally, it is the poet's quiet conviction to savour life, to take seriously its succulent variety, that defines this collection: the poems attest to the special privileges of age: wisdom, self-sufficiency, a deepening patience with the world; the ability to be, as the poet says of an apple, 'self-sweet'. The communal warmth of the kitchen finds its double in the exquisite loneliness of rising early, of hearing the barking of town foxes at dawn, or in the contemplation of a garden in autumn, its rows of hips swelled by rain, a rose 'whose name I think means happiness'. …