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ISBN 978-1-901677-65-2
Limited edition of 176 signed copies
£15
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Peter Robinson
Illustrated by Sally Castle
English Nettles brings together for the first time poems Peter Robinson began writing on his return to England after many years living in Japan. These twenty-two new works, evocatively illustrated by the artist Sally Castle, show Robinson’s ability to catch at fleeting landscapes and moments as he reacquaints himself with his native land and casts a newcomer’s eye on the town of Reading to which he moved in April 2007. Running through their lines like twin arteries are oblique reflections upon the meanings of home, the nature of money, work, love, death and parenthood both in and at particular times and places. Articulated with his characteristic deployments of a finessed metrical significance, these poems begin a new chapter in the poet’s dedication to catching the sense of what it means to be alive now. Approachable yet inexhaustible, Peter Robinson’s poetry welcomes readers and promises them rewards that can be kept.
‘vivid and truly memorable
observation’ – Poetry London
‘multi-layered treatment of
landscape, memory and language’
– Agenda
‘Shakespearian turn of phrase
... subtle sound mimesis ...
unconventional rhythmical
virtuosity’ – Jackett