Cracks in the universe / Charles Tomlinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomlinson, Charles, 1927-2015.

Series:

Oxford poets (Manchester, England)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

77 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Carcanet, 2006.

Summary:

Cracks in the Universe implies those times and spaces when vision deepens and our awareness becomes more acute. Charles Tomlinson's latest collection ranges from memories of childhood incidents to vivid evocations of America, France and Spain, from meditations on works of art to precisely observed details of the world as 'the thing it is', viewing the commonplace afresh: apples, a glass of water - the M62. Infused with a sense of the mysteries to be found within phenomena, this is a collection shaped by the passing of time that reconciles the human and the natural worlds. The lengthening shadows at sundown transform the poet into a 'phantom giant' crossing a field; shifting planes of light and dark mark out the seasons in a house and in the landscapes around it.

Contents:

Above the City 9

A View from the Shore 10

New Jersey - New York 11

A Name on the Map 12

The Upstate Freeze 13

Apples 14

Four for David Smith

1 Interior for Exterior 15

2 The Timeless Clock 15

3 Hudson River Landscape 16

4 Bolton Landing 16

Recalling Orson Welles 17

Providence 18

Thomas Jones in Naples, 1782 19

Stellar Friendship 20

The Pupil 21

La Rochelle 22

Monet's Giverny 23

Les Joueurs de Football 24

Bread and Stone 26

Fantasia in Limestone 27

Choice 28

Pebble 29

Chinchon 30

November in Aranjuez 32

Santiago de Compostela 33

The Portuguese Ox 34

1 On a Picture of Burslem / Leonard Brammer 35

2 The Fruits of Ignominy 35

3 The Bicycle 36

4 In Memory of Agnes Beverley Burton 36

5 To Nora Christabel Pennet 37

6 The Boy on the Sick-Bed 37

The Photograph 38

Little Eve and the Miners 39

In '35 40

I Was a Child 41

Aubade 42

Seasons 43

In the Valley 44

Tree Talk 45

Dragonflies 46

Swifts 47

In Autumn 48

In January 49

The Rain Is Over 50

Jaws 51

Across the Dark 52

Westminster Bridge from the Eye 53

In the Wind 54

Returning 55

In the Mirror 56

A Rose from Fronteira 57

Return to Valestrieri 58

Mandarinas 59

November 60

Morning 61

Frost 62

On Snow 63

In a Glass of Water 65

Vessel 66

The Holy Man 67

Inheritance 68

Nocturne 70

The Way Back 71

M62 72

A Ballad of Iole and Dryope 73

An Ovidian Ballad 76

Eden 77.

ISBN:

9781903039793

1903039797

OCLC:

64098153

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