Shards of light / Emyr Humphreys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humphreys, Emyr, author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--20th century.

English poetry.

English poetry--Welsh authors.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xiv, 174 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2018.

Contents:

Shards Of Light

We are old age p. 3

Scratches on stone p. 4

Bluebells p. 5

The Funny Bone p. 6

Childhood p. 8

Lament for a game of Cowboys and Indians p. 9

Recollections of Nant Mill p. 10

More mice than men p. 11

'Cousin Swift you will never be a poet' p. 12

Job Creation p. 13

Steel p. 15

The Art Critic p. 16

Transparence p. 17

The Letter Writer p. 18

Love Song p. 19

Silence p. 20

Civil Unrest p. 21

Battlefield p. 24

A Clergyman Muses p. 26

Poughkeepsie p. 28

Bird on a Twig p. 30

Solomon Smiles p. 31

A Day in Hand p. 32

Manawydan p. 33

The Peasant p. 35

A Dog's Life p. 36

To the Sea in a Sieve p. 37

Sacred Tree p. 38

The Courteous Dig p. 39

Wm Jones Tremadoc p. 40

Nostalgia p. 41

The Damned p. 42

Nid talwrn yw'r byd p. 44

A Moth at St James's p. 46

Brotherhood p. 48

Jacob's Coat p. 49

The Dead p. 50

Wise Man p. 52

Jews p. 53

Terror p. 54

Sunday School p. 55

The House Husband p. 56

John Elias 1830 p. 66

Making butter - old style p. 67

The Art of War p. 69

Marvao 2 p. 70

The Colonel's Wife p. 71

Rooftop p. 73

The Best-Selling Poet p. 74

Montale Cabinera p. 75

Survival p. 76

The Boat p. 77

Negative Sermon p. 82

The Bard p. 83

Notes on a Page p. 84

Whispers p. 85

The Geese of Time p. 91

Provincial Song p. 92

Recipe for a Poet p. 93

Where they are gone p. 94

A Blessing p. 95

Wealth p. 96

Don't rush p. 98

Novelist's Notes p. 100

From a Far Country p. 101

Etruscan Shadows p. 102

Gododdin p. 103

Picking up signals p. 104

The Sap in the Cloth p. 105

Holy Orders p. 107

Giving Up p. 109

The Thirties p. 110

Elinor getting on p. 111

Making a Difference p. 112

Hitler p. 114

Dictator p. 115

The Same Old Story p. 116

First Winter p. 117

A Political Cry p. 118

Freedom p. 119

Hen Gerdd p. 120

Limp between two languages p. 122

Lines on an Unsuccessful Politician p. 123

Poets in Orbit p. 124

To whom it may concern (1) p. 125

To whom it may concern (2) p. 126

A time before p. 127

Belief p. 129

Governing Class p. 130

Floor Litter p. 131

Battling with the Fgo p. 132

In Lazio p. 134

Inflammatory Stuff p. 136

Two of Everything p. 137

Alternative Routes p. 138

Being Rational p. 139

Domestic Scene p. 140

EP p. 141

Paddington p. 143

A Votive Moment p. 144

Another Route p. 145

Computing p. 146

Dictionaries p. 147

Everyone p. 148

A Rehearsal p. 149

An Actress p. 150

Agostino p. 151

The Stable p. 152

Honesty p. 153

Living In p. 154

Syllables p. 155

Taking Off p. 156

The Secret p. 157

The Fly p. 158

An Open Secret p. 159

The Marble Tomb p. 160

Bones p. 161

Lovesong p. 162

The Shadow Falls p. 164

Evening p. 166

Why water won't bend p. 167

Ultimate Discoveries p. 168

Youth and Age p. 170

Triumph of Old Age p. 171

The Old Couple p. 173.

ISBN:

9781786833518

1786833514

OCLC:

1080638781