Disappearances, which features an astonishing variety of verse forms and voices, from mediaeval times to the present day, is Kathleen Bell first full-length collection.
Challenging and tender, these poems are a rite of passage. Philip Gross's much praised previous collection, Deep Field, explored the loosening connections between the self and language in his refugee father's old age.
In the course of forty years an increasingly subtle conversation has evolved between words and silence at the core of Philip Gross's poetry. This is never more so than in the poems of this edgy homage to Estonia, the country of his father's birth.
worm dreaming dreaming root and branch and whale and ant and dinosaur and dreaming you and me Black smokers, glacier worms and tardigrades... arctic terns, snow leopards and the Aleppo cat... living in the Abyss, conquering Ever
Faithful Voices: Oral Readings, Exploring Beliefs in Action. Each person featured lived his or her deeply held beliefs, leaving a legacy in writing and deeds. Each script includes a brief biogharphy and is followed queries.