Hannah and the Monk
Published on 11. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-84471-735-4 (ISBN)
Description
Reading Julia Bird's debut collection is like sorting out the contents of an up-ended jewellery box. Crafted formal poems tangle with the rhinestone razzle of looser, noiiser lyrics.
What price consolation, the poems ask, where is the green heart of a city, when does love stop and the work start?
The answers come in all sizes and styles. Images from popular culture, urban myth, religion and history, music, film and TV glow with a steady emotional truth. From spivs to flying monks, chalk horses to London boozers, Bird's imagination takes a circuitous route at a determined clip.
What price consolation, the poems ask, where is the green heart of a city, when does love stop and the work start?
The answers come in all sizes and styles. Images from popular culture, urban myth, religion and history, music, film and TV glow with a steady emotional truth. From spivs to flying monks, chalk horses to London boozers, Bird's imagination takes a circuitous route at a determined clip.
Reviews / Votes
Individually, her poems charm; her passion for language is palpable, her lines heaped with gorgeous words selected for sheen and texture, which build the lustrous images that distinguish her work. -- Sarah Crown * Poetry London *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84471-735-4 (9781844717354)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Julia Bird grew up in Gloucestershire and now lives in London. She studied at Reading and Sussex Universities and has worked as an arts administrator and literature promoter since graduating. She works part-time for the Poetry School, and produces touring live literature shows as a freelancer. Her first collection Hannah and the Monk was published by Salt in 2008.
Content
Article of Faith
Jim Fixed it For Me
Time, Ladies, Please
The World's Population Visits the Isle of Wight
The Camera Never Lies
This Much is Almost Guaranteed
Short Film
Monoglutton
White Horse
As the Peacock
Covent Garden
Five Years Trying to Win the Flower Show Vegetable Animal Class
Paper Stars
Short Film II
Fire in a Crowded Theatre
Your Grandfather Would Have Wanted You to Have This
I Really Should Quit, But
Opinion
From Crammond Beach
Magnetic Translation?:?poetry one one sex
Short Film III
The Animals Went in Two by Two
Next Door Girl
Spiv
Clip
Hannah and the Monk
Radio at Night
Short Film IV
What I Would Like is a Birdcage
Dedication
Souchong Sevenling
Orange Pips
Magnetic Translation?:?come, games 1
Short Film V
we could nick a boat /and sneak off to this island
But They Wouldn't Want Us to Go Hungry
Duet
Pure Maths
Breathing Pattern
Picture Book for Urban Babies
Jim Fixed it For Me
Time, Ladies, Please
The World's Population Visits the Isle of Wight
The Camera Never Lies
This Much is Almost Guaranteed
Short Film
Monoglutton
White Horse
As the Peacock
Covent Garden
Five Years Trying to Win the Flower Show Vegetable Animal Class
Paper Stars
Short Film II
Fire in a Crowded Theatre
Your Grandfather Would Have Wanted You to Have This
I Really Should Quit, But
Opinion
From Crammond Beach
Magnetic Translation?:?poetry one one sex
Short Film III
The Animals Went in Two by Two
Next Door Girl
Spiv
Clip
Hannah and the Monk
Radio at Night
Short Film IV
What I Would Like is a Birdcage
Dedication
Souchong Sevenling
Orange Pips
Magnetic Translation?:?come, games 1
Short Film V
we could nick a boat /and sneak off to this island
But They Wouldn't Want Us to Go Hungry
Duet
Pure Maths
Breathing Pattern
Picture Book for Urban Babies