Recital

An Almanac

AvJohn Siddique

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Del i serien Salt Modern Poets

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Beskrivning

John Siddique is a poet who wants you to read his work, his writing isn’t a puzzle you have to figure out. Gathered in these pages is the work of an artist who believes in stories – our stories.From the domestic realities of everyday life to a world distraught with crises and confrontation Recital looks at our lives over the space of a year. Drawing on inspiration from Grave’s ‘White Goddess,’ Siddique’s book uses the lunar cycle to tap into the intimate relations of the modern soul; our doubts, hesitations and need for meaning.Glimpses of inspiration from Larkin, Cummings and Neruda inform the poetry here, but Siddique’s own voice takes those ways of looking at the world and sets out stories of who we are right now in the 21st century. In a time when so many consider poetry to be of little relevance, here is a writer and a book that has never been more relevant to the questions of today and the people we are. Yet it is with a sensuous and loving eye that Siddique writes about secrets that we almost dare not think about. He reveals the quest for love and the spiritual meaning that underpins us.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-05-06
Mått:140 x 216 x 5 mm
Vikt:122 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Salt Modern Poets
Antal sidor:80
Förlag:Salt Publishing
ISBN:9781844717231

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John Siddique was born in 1964. His discovery of his local library when young began his life-long love affair with what words mean and how they sit together. He is the bestselling author of Recital — An Almanac, Poems From A Northern Soul, The Prize and now Full Blood. He is the co-author of the story/memoir Four Fathers. He has contributed poems, stories, essays and articles to many publications, including Granta, The Guardian, Poetry Review, and The Rialto.

Recensioner i media

John Siddique's poetry takes the reader on a journey, crossing the border country between love and loss, he charts his family's untold stories. Interested in exploring opposite worlds and seeming contradictions, his poetry is a brilliant balancing act. Sometimes steamy, often moving, The Prize is a bold, brave book with a big, open heart.

Innehållsförteckning

Recital: an almanacBeginYou’ve Got to Get in to Get OutBirch MoonOne New Year’s EveFacing YouIf You Want to Find MeThe OtherLabyrinthRowan MoonFebruary VersesUnintended LoyaltyAsh MoonRecitalDavidRed Line (He Loves Me)Alder MoonElegyWillow MoonSilenceMigratory PatternsHawthorne MoonKeeping OnOak MoonTradeInside1 ‘It is no use shouting’2 ‘There is no more time’3 ‘This is what you were born for’4 ‘Nobody knows why’Holly Moon – Scalpsie BayAccumulationsSummer Cycle1 The List2 Waking in the night3 Earth4 Creation myth5 Cold waterHazel MoonWithoutInvolutionPromisesAtterseeVine Moon – FireBeachcombingStanding There and HereA ChangeIvy MoonThe AtticMy FatherAutumn TreeYew MoonBonfire NightFilofaxWintering GeraniumsElder MoonAnnunciation of The VirginThe 52nd Week of the YearTo ReadingOther People’s ChildrenTree of the WorldThe All I See is Your FaceThe Death of Death