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New Wings: Poems 1977-2007
Robyn Bolam
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Description for New Wings: Poems 1977-2007
Paperback. Contains poems which focuses on many different kinds of beginnings. The poems are about living through and coming to terms with changes - sometimes momentous or traumatic - and moving on into the future. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 158.
The poems in "New Wings" focus on many different kinds of beginnings. Drawn both from new poems as well as from two earlier collections, the book gives a fresh airing to the poetry of a talented writer whose work has been unavailable for many years. The 'new wings' in this wide-ranging selection can be the pages of a comic in a child's eureka moment of learning to read or those of a woman transforming herself into flames to leap across the hemispheres like a forest fire. These are poems of living through and coming to terms with changes - sometimes ... Read more
The poems in "New Wings" focus on many different kinds of beginnings. Drawn both from new poems as well as from two earlier collections, the book gives a fresh airing to the poetry of a talented writer whose work has been unavailable for many years. The 'new wings' in this wide-ranging selection can be the pages of a comic in a child's eureka moment of learning to read or those of a woman transforming herself into flames to leap across the hemispheres like a forest fire. These are poems of living through and coming to terms with changes - sometimes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
157g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852247782
SKU
V9781852247782
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About Robyn Bolam
Robyn Bolam, freelance poet, editor and reviewer, was born in Newcastle, grew up in Northumberland and now lives in Hampshire. She is Emeritus Professor at St Mary’s University, a former Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Southampton University and RLF Lector on the Isle of Wight. In 2016-17, she led the community-based, combined arts Ferry Tales Project which was supported using ... Read more
Reviews for New Wings: Poems 1977-2007
'Compelling and accomplished...a poet of unusual talent' - Bernard O'Donoghue, The Times Literary Supplement 'Neither old-fashioned nor new-fangled, but abiding and spiritual' - Peter Porter, Observer 'She displays a range of emotion and characterisation with both versatility and understanding...These are poems I will gladly return to again and again without fear of disappointment' - Richard Jones, Poetry Wales 'All credit ... Read more