Cloud River
Published on 1. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-78864-046-6 (ISBN)
Description
These lyrical poems, like the cloud river of the title, are a 'journey down a length of weather-music'. Set in a level landscape of corners and lines (on fields, maps, the sky and the page), they generate beautiful surprises. They see a passing plane as 'the polished arrow of a plough', and teach us how to read cloud language. Through a fresh appreciation of England's lowest and newest landscape, they exemplify how engagement with straight rivers and big skies leads to a balancing of spirit.
Reviews / Votes
"Charles Bennett writes so beautifully: a poet who really seems to have his own kingdom, with its quiet moments, of sun, fruit and weather, which he catches with a peculiar loveliness." - Alison Brackenbury; "It's difficult to imagine poems that listen more closely than these to the 'green music' of the natural world." - Katharine TowersMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Blaenau Ffestiniog
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-78864-046-6 (9781788640466)
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Person
Charles Bennett is a widely published and award-winning poet who has collaborated with musicians, photographers and artists and been translated into German and Spanish. His work as a librettist with choral composer Bob Chilcott featured in the 2012 BBC Proms. He was the first Director of Ledbury Poetry Festival and is currently Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Northampton where he leads the BA in Creative Writing.