A new feature ,in which I feature a pretty book cover or a book that is linked in some way to something that is happening in the world .I ve loads of books so never short of a cover to take a picture of one.This collection I love it is ilustrated by Jonathan Gibbs
So I start here with Dart from Alice Oswald I won this as a set of six poetry first books from Faber from Nonsuch books last year ,as the riots we raging on the tv the other night I decided to find solace in some nature poetry and choose this to read at 48 pages long it took less than two hours to read .It won the T S Eliot award in 2002 .Oswald spent a number of months on the river talking to people who use the river dart which the poem is about .
woodman working into twilight
you should se me in the moonlight
comb my cataract of hair,
at work all night on my desire
Oh I could sing Hylas,
how the water wooed him senseless,
I could sing the welded kiss
continuous of Salmacis
Alice Oswald
Beautiful! I’ve got the book, I love the cover and whats it containing – .
yes this is such a lovely poem ,all the best stu
I have seen these covers on Frances’ blog, they look so good!
They are Iris ,and a nice size book as well fit just right in the hand ,all the best stu
This is the only intelligent response to the riots that I’ve come across…
Thanks lisa ,all the best stu