A Friable Earth
A Friable Earth by Jackie Wills is a poetry collection published by Arc Publications in 2019, featuring 73 pages of engaging verse in English. This edition presents a diverse array of characters, including a young man sleeping in his car, an amateur entomologist, and various gardeners, as Wills explores themes of aging, relationships, and the passage of time across different settings, from Brighton’s streets to South Africa’s landscapes.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of experiences and emotions in A Friable Earth, where Wills captures moments from everyday life, such as visits to a GP surgery and dance studio. The collection also includes elegies and tributes to old friends, reflecting on the complexities of women’s lives and the humor found in life’s transitions. With her unique voice, Wills invites readers to navigate the interplay of personal and communal narratives within the realm of contemporary poetry.
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Jackie Wills brings a multitude of characters to these poems including a young man sleeping in his car, an amateur entomologist, bird catchers, her jilted aunt, Ray Dorset, the three Robins, the office cleaner, family, friends and several gardeners. Her poems move from the GP surgery to eye clinic, dance studio to allotment, back and forward in time and from Brighton’s streets to the landscapes of South Africa. In this collection, a woman caught unawares by a changing body and attitudes as she ages strains to see the funny side of her last smear. But there are also many elegies and tributes to old friends in A Friable Earth, Wills’ sixth collection of poems. Her work has been described as irreverent, bewitching, compassionate and surreal. She’s written extensively about women’s lives. She’s also worked an allotment for 20 years.
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