Skywriting
Skywriting by charles-tomlinson, published by Carcanet Pr in 2003, is a collection of 72 poems that delve into the vibrant colors and textures of various landscapes and the histories that shape them. The work reflects a journey through the poet’s imagination, featuring places such as Mexico, Italy, and Japan, while frequently returning to the English Cotswolds, a landscape of significant importance to the author. The poems evoke both familiar and unfamiliar scenes, intertwined with themes of threat and loss.
Readers will find that the poems in Skywriting celebrate the beauty of places and the fragility of ancient sites in the face of modern conflicts. Several pieces are dedicated to friends, including a notable elegy for Ted Hughes. At seventy-six, Charles Tomlinson continues to explore new meanings and forms, contributing to a rich poetic odyssey that resonates with both personal and universal experiences. This edition is presented in English and offers a thoughtful reflection on the interplay between memory, landscape, and the passage of time.
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The poems in Skywriting celebrate the colours and textures of places, and the people and histories that create them. We trace a journey through the landscapes of the poet’s imagination: Mexico, Italy and Japan feature, but we return time after time to the English Cotswolds, a landscape which has become primary to him. The poems bring alive places and scenes both strange and familiar, each shadowed by our awareness of threat and loss. Several poems are dedicated to friends, including an important elegy for Ted Hughes; others are composed with a sense of the fragility of ancient places threatened by modern wars. At the age of seventy-six, Charles Tomlinson explores new meanings and new forms, on a continuing poetic odyssey.
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