Near-Life Experience
Near-Life Experience by Rowland Bagnall, published by Carcanet in 2024, is a collection of 87 poems that explore the intricacies of the present moment. Written in English, this edition captures the essence of everyday life, delving into themes such as weather, animals, and the objects that surround us. The poems aim to articulate the fleeting nature of experience, striving to make the ephemeral tangible through language.
Readers will find that Near-Life Experience documents a variety of landscapes and elements, including paintings, insects, and trees, while reflecting on how distractions and imagination shape our understanding of reality. The poet navigates questions of personal connection and meaning, examining the interplay between time, seasons, and the impact of climate change. With a blend of descriptive precision and inventiveness, the collection invites contemplation on the nuances of existence and the ever-changing nature of our experiences.
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The poems in Near-Life Experience are curious about the present moment, its weather and animals, its objects and things. They want to make it real in language, catching it before it vanishes. Documenting landscapes, paintings, insects and trees, Near-Life Experience offers a world where understanding is subverted by the day’s distractions and the unexpected shapes of the imagination. How do I relate to this? What does it mean? What’s happening, exactly? Does experience experience me? With descriptive precision and inventiveness, the poet finds humour and panic at the edges of the actual. The poems measure expanding and contracting times, birthdays, seasons, climate breakdown, witnessing the moment and its ‘ sheer / ongoing changes’ .
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