Cyclone / Robert Peake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peake, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--21st century.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Rugby, United Kingdom : Nine Arches Press, 2018.

Summary:

Robert Peake's second full collection of poems is about weathering storms-personal, political, psychological-in our present-day climate of chaos. These are matters of life or death, and Cyclone urges us to consider what the ill wind may bring, and how we will survive it. Peake's acutely tuned poems bring eloquence and urgency to matters of profound devastation. With shattering delicacy, he writes of personal loss, of grief and the long aftermath; "whenever the wind sprays into my face, I taste salt of your absence". These poems also hazard an eye at the global weather and find a world in turmoil, wild with unreliable news and terrible forecasts. Manifesting between the storms is the man with the kindest face. Is he here to save us or warn us? A guide or a harbinger? As these brilliantly-visioned poems suggest, nothing is certain in the eye of the storm. Nevertheless, there is some form of consolation and rescue: "He seems at home in this tempest. He seems happy".

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781911027669

1911027662

OCLC:

1455756705