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Lent 33: Dart
Alice Oswald’s second book, Dart, is a 48 page long poem in the voice of the river Dart as it flows from its source to the sea. It’s based on three years of interviews with local inhabitants around the river, … Continue reading
Lent 29: Moon Hymn
Inside the jacket of Alice Oswald’s third collection, Woods etc. it says, quite aptly, “Her poems ponder the most elemental of props and portents: water, stone, a wood, the wind, moon, stars, deep space. [Her] theme is nature, but her … Continue reading
Lent 1: Primrose
In general, I don’t tend to like poems which are about something concrete. Landscape poetry. Odes to a butterfly. No thank you. I’d rather something guttural and emotional, something abstract (or at least layered or metaphorical) enough that I can … Continue reading