What Leaves May Know
Published on 28. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-80514-466-3 (ISBN)
Description
Whether portraying ancestral hearth-sides in North Norfolk, the coast and countryside of Northumberland, or varied settings in between, Paul Berry conjures a strong sense of mood and location.
At times focusing on family life, everyday rituals, rites of passage or the legacies of lost love, these poems celebrate the often remarkable nature of things routine, familiar and commonplace.
Reviews for previous collections:
"Berry is a poet of place. He explores the spirit of place, the effect of landscape on the individual... (His) work is tight and careful, a sculptor with words": British Underground Magscene.
"This ability to evoke the past that lies in the earth is reminiscent of Seamus Heaney's poetry:" The Paper Independent Monthly
At times focusing on family life, everyday rituals, rites of passage or the legacies of lost love, these poems celebrate the often remarkable nature of things routine, familiar and commonplace.
Reviews for previous collections:
"Berry is a poet of place. He explores the spirit of place, the effect of landscape on the individual... (His) work is tight and careful, a sculptor with words": British Underground Magscene.
"This ability to evoke the past that lies in the earth is reminiscent of Seamus Heaney's poetry:" The Paper Independent Monthly
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80514-466-3 (9781805144663)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Paul Berry is a past finalist in the Eric Gregory Awards (UK) and Sandburg Livesay Award (USA). He has published six collections of poetry and is author of a social history recreating life on and around English airfields during World War Two. He is compiler of the Norfolk volume in the Poet's England series (Brentham Press) and is the co-ordinator of Centre Poets literature group in West Norfolk. His previous collection, Towards Babingley, was published by Matador in 2023.