Collected Poems
Will be published approx. on 1. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-1-876857-75-2 (ISBN)
Description
This landmark Collected Poems from one of Britain's major post-war poets, gathers together work from over four decades, and includes previously unpublished material that has remained outside the scope of Chaloner's major collections.
In drawing the book together, Chaloner has updated and revised poems into a thematic whole, a decision supported by the remarkable consistency of vision, inquiry and purpose in his work. What we have is a magnum opus, a chronological sweep through Britain's dynamic and troubled reinvention from the Sixties to the present day extending his range from the intimate and local to the social and global. Chaloner's personal battleground is the truth, but his writing is a triumph of poise and tone. His is primarily a poetry of sensibility, and we are accompanied rather than addressed, encouraged rather than admonished.
From the early ruralist poems of wry, intimate observation to the recent critical visions of the Twenty-first Century world, Chaloner's focus remains undaunted, locating us in the here and now, with our eyes faced forward on to the future, a future we are all responsible for and into which we must all travel.
In drawing the book together, Chaloner has updated and revised poems into a thematic whole, a decision supported by the remarkable consistency of vision, inquiry and purpose in his work. What we have is a magnum opus, a chronological sweep through Britain's dynamic and troubled reinvention from the Sixties to the present day extending his range from the intimate and local to the social and global. Chaloner's personal battleground is the truth, but his writing is a triumph of poise and tone. His is primarily a poetry of sensibility, and we are accompanied rather than addressed, encouraged rather than admonished.
From the early ruralist poems of wry, intimate observation to the recent critical visions of the Twenty-first Century world, Chaloner's focus remains undaunted, locating us in the here and now, with our eyes faced forward on to the future, a future we are all responsible for and into which we must all travel.
Reviews / Votes
Chaloner's Collected, generously stocked as it is with love poems, family memoirs, occasional pieces and travel poems, contains more 'doors and windows' (to use Andrew Duncan's phrase) than much experimental poetry. But this letting of the world into the work generates a surface tension which sharpens the edges of these elegant, moving, funny poems. * Signals Magazine *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Applecross, WA
Australia
Target group
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Eleventh Grade, Interest Age: From 13 to 21 years
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
639 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-876857-75-2 (9781876857752)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Born in rural Cheshire in 1944 David Chaloner spent his early years dreaming of escape. As the closest city, Manchester provided a cultural and social context for his early writing, when jazz was available in clubs created from empty cotton warehouses and Granada Television struggled with the idea of a new arts programme that included poetry. Apart from 'Little Press' publication, the first published work appeared in the Tandem paperback 'Generation X', a true sociological record of the times, and the Penguin anthology, Children of Albion. In the late sixties he founded ONE, a magazine for new writing, that existed through the transitional years of a move to London in the early seventies. A continuing sense of enquiry and curiosity informs his work and helps in pushing the possibilities of language, music and image in varying and divers ways. He died in 2010.
Content
Uncollected Early Poems
Wish You Were Here
"Tonight the glass is filled frequently ..."
"white flakes peel from the wall ..."
Vesalii Icones(Andreas Vesalius: De Humani Corporis Fabrica)
"I cannot move ..."
"disappearance is rendered more terrible for being so complete ..."
Going Out For Cigarettes
Poem for Mary
"a quick gesture attracts my attention ..."
The Photographs
"because you are ..."
"this place ..."
"leaning over ..."
"you do not believe in the definition of wall ..."
"let us say that by his presence he intimidates ..."
"he adapts to the inertia in the room ..."
"there are times ..."
dark pages slow turns brief salves (1969)
"it is ..."
"the day slips ..."
"star gazer ..."
"I speak of one ..."
"you are ..."
"so we watch him totter ..."
"that speech gags the mouth & words sleep ..."
"not simply this ..."
"take ..."
"such gleanings ..."
"delicately ..."
"not that ..."
"lady ..."
"horde ..."
"an exorcism ..."
"the folds ..."
Gift
"awake to your savagery as you rent the turf's ..."
"the window ..."
"oyster-catchers throng the striated shore ..."
"do we speak of the metaphor ..."
"we make the silence ..."
"journeys wld be the measure ..."
"usually it's early morning ..."
"wld say it thus ..."
"rooks from the trees black as the ..."
"the wild duck ..."
"broken line traces out condition ..."
for David Sims
against wall
"a child stamps its foot ..."
"what "time" could dispel ..."
A Personal Poem
"moving round you the sun its axis the sun ..."
Sunlight
"did I say from here we can hear ..."
Year of Meteors (1972)
"Five hours of darkness fill the window ..."
Breakfast
Twice
"voices flap deviously ..."
The Hotel Temporary
"From Walt Whitman ..."
"broken ornaments ..."
"you walk through the door and a year passes ..."
"it becomes a monday morning inside the clock ..."
"an incoming tide ..."
"fatigue creeps closer under the awning ..."
Chocolate Sauce (1973)
"a pattern emerges ..."
Swirl
"sunlight slants in through the window ..."
"the problem the grass under the saplings ..."
"he is exploring the inertia of the room ..."
"move ..."
"to go adrift seemingly given extra time to receive ..."
Itch
The Situation
The Photographs
Domestic Scenes
"a landslide carries the background from sight ..."
Racers
Exercise
"not merely false starts ..."
Texture
"the patrons sip their drinks ..."
"as we drive back today from yesterday ..."
"surf falls noisily along the tunnel of half-closed ..."
"recently having returned from a long journey ..."
"and the nets hung on ..."
"your arrival is delayed in the public address system ..."
"instinctively advances towards adventure ..."
Visiting
The Cast in Order of Appearance
"hard trees shake furtively ..."
Coda
Dilemma
Doors
"undisclosed destinations lurk in benzedrine timetables ..."
"the ramp gives us a new idea ..."
"the notes tell of earlier occasions ..."
The Swimming-Pool Saga
"you do not believe in the wall ..."
"before sleep you notice ..."
"standing in open space confidently ..."
"dear reader this was to have been a letter ..."
Cameo
"the former arbiter cruises slowly ..."
"a cleaned-out sensation passes around the room ..."
Projections (1977)
"the first restless flaws of morning ..."
Changes
"technology idles below the window ..."
Travelling
"sparked off more than once before ..."
Introductions
Holidays
Interior : Morning
Ronny's Friend
"each day is necessary and sustains ..."
Today Backwards (1977)
Foxtrot Marathon
"sitting here how do they know where ..."
"a sense of strain between times is outlandish ..."
"fortunately there is a method, you suppose ..."
"the sky suggests the sundry forces ..."
"how restless they are ..."
"the hush that pervades ..."
"the swarthy ripples of her finger-tips ..."
"does the idea of language leave an impression ..."
"a tight lipped aurora ..."
"then it seemed that all our efforts led back ..."
"this evening I am entertained by a blackbird ..."
Battledore & Shuttlecock
"lost oddments provoke moments of doubt ..."
"there is enough for us all ..."
Today Backwards
Fading into Brilliance (1978)
Fading Into Brilliance
The Adventure
The Spring-Loaded Cash Drawer
Getting Through The Door
Static Journey
An Adventurous Episode Rejected By Boys Own Paper
Nothing Is Abstract
The Strategy
Risks
Second Chance
Examining The Earthworks
Never Let It End
The Last Pages
Hotel Zingo (1981)
Debate
"Unable to ignore ..."
The News
"Mist loiters throughout the afternoon ..."
Sitting on the Sidelines
"the bowl of marigolds on the cabinet ..."
"Who remains to recall such afternoons ..."
"the surrounding area prepares itself ..."
Incredible Vistas
Sun House Propaganda
The Preparations
"All the alternatives unite and place their complex proposal ..."
Exercise for One Leg
Occupying Absence
January
Deliberate Modulations
Personal Choice
"There is no prior indication ..."
Cold Front
Vital Matters
Theory
Bulletin
Best Foot
Mixed Feelings
Just Deserts
Mooning
Recipe
Shorts Garden
Incredible Vistas 2
Now and Then
Airs and Graces
So What!
Inspiration is Just a Guy Called Art
"If you do ..."
Light
Testing Testing Testing
Talking Air
Hotel Zingo
Pact and Impact
"The evening is falling away sharply ..."
Common Denominator
Here Today Here Tomorrow
Flying
Post Script
Trans (1989)
Address
Double Take 1
Double Take 2
Trans
Revisions
Playback
Rain
Heroic and Hatless
Right to Reply
Alias
Viewpoint
N.B.
Shadow Boxing
A Perfect Language
Four Songs
Caption Block
Rural Pursuits
Stepping Out
Mutant Generation
Song 5 (out of sequence)
Song 6
For the Record
LCD Ode
Par Avion
As It Is
Varations on Silence and Figures in a Room
Ferrying
Warnings
Tongues of Light
The Edge (1993)
Foreword
"Motive connects proposition ..."
"Comparisons and similarities ..."
"Constant terrestrial adoration ..."
"Trodden earth resists the heel of penury ..."
"Tell me no name bequeath no toil ..."
"Subliminal desires exploit ..."
"Art probe annuls waste ..."
"At the time of your departure ..."
"Echoes vibrate through frowsy evening light ..."
"Energy defined by the excess it harbours ..."
"You were alone in your room ..."
"As much about not retelling ..."
"Random probes dispatched to aimless wandering ..."
"Though dead and lost ..."
"Sometimes music too is inadequate ..."
"Many ways and many other ways ..."
"Wherever you settle contradicts ..."
"How you describe how it was then... ."
Coda
Art for Others (1998)
Art for Others
Delight's Wreckage (2001)
Shining Channels
Shoal
Interval
Dead Letter Drop
Shift
Revisionary
The Excommunicant
Recoil
Invisible Detachments
Where Once Was
Further Instructions
Moves
Interrogation
Thomas's Splint
A Rant
Ritual
Passages
passages
camouflage
findings
masque
ancient wishes
Variations
ancient wishes 2
fragment
incidental
variations
break
at warren street
echo
deep pile
Elsewhere in Disguise
commercial break
sub-tropical garden
airing
no name
song fragment
Marking the Blue
for
naming
ruse
repair
chronicle
Delight's Wreckage
nocturne
excursion
fable
damage field
cause
Wish You Were Here
"Tonight the glass is filled frequently ..."
"white flakes peel from the wall ..."
Vesalii Icones(Andreas Vesalius: De Humani Corporis Fabrica)
"I cannot move ..."
"disappearance is rendered more terrible for being so complete ..."
Going Out For Cigarettes
Poem for Mary
"a quick gesture attracts my attention ..."
The Photographs
"because you are ..."
"this place ..."
"leaning over ..."
"you do not believe in the definition of wall ..."
"let us say that by his presence he intimidates ..."
"he adapts to the inertia in the room ..."
"there are times ..."
dark pages slow turns brief salves (1969)
"it is ..."
"the day slips ..."
"star gazer ..."
"I speak of one ..."
"you are ..."
"so we watch him totter ..."
"that speech gags the mouth & words sleep ..."
"not simply this ..."
"take ..."
"such gleanings ..."
"delicately ..."
"not that ..."
"lady ..."
"horde ..."
"an exorcism ..."
"the folds ..."
Gift
"awake to your savagery as you rent the turf's ..."
"the window ..."
"oyster-catchers throng the striated shore ..."
"do we speak of the metaphor ..."
"we make the silence ..."
"journeys wld be the measure ..."
"usually it's early morning ..."
"wld say it thus ..."
"rooks from the trees black as the ..."
"the wild duck ..."
"broken line traces out condition ..."
for David Sims
against wall
"a child stamps its foot ..."
"what "time" could dispel ..."
A Personal Poem
"moving round you the sun its axis the sun ..."
Sunlight
"did I say from here we can hear ..."
Year of Meteors (1972)
"Five hours of darkness fill the window ..."
Breakfast
Twice
"voices flap deviously ..."
The Hotel Temporary
"From Walt Whitman ..."
"broken ornaments ..."
"you walk through the door and a year passes ..."
"it becomes a monday morning inside the clock ..."
"an incoming tide ..."
"fatigue creeps closer under the awning ..."
Chocolate Sauce (1973)
"a pattern emerges ..."
Swirl
"sunlight slants in through the window ..."
"the problem the grass under the saplings ..."
"he is exploring the inertia of the room ..."
"move ..."
"to go adrift seemingly given extra time to receive ..."
Itch
The Situation
The Photographs
Domestic Scenes
"a landslide carries the background from sight ..."
Racers
Exercise
"not merely false starts ..."
Texture
"the patrons sip their drinks ..."
"as we drive back today from yesterday ..."
"surf falls noisily along the tunnel of half-closed ..."
"recently having returned from a long journey ..."
"and the nets hung on ..."
"your arrival is delayed in the public address system ..."
"instinctively advances towards adventure ..."
Visiting
The Cast in Order of Appearance
"hard trees shake furtively ..."
Coda
Dilemma
Doors
"undisclosed destinations lurk in benzedrine timetables ..."
"the ramp gives us a new idea ..."
"the notes tell of earlier occasions ..."
The Swimming-Pool Saga
"you do not believe in the wall ..."
"before sleep you notice ..."
"standing in open space confidently ..."
"dear reader this was to have been a letter ..."
Cameo
"the former arbiter cruises slowly ..."
"a cleaned-out sensation passes around the room ..."
Projections (1977)
"the first restless flaws of morning ..."
Changes
"technology idles below the window ..."
Travelling
"sparked off more than once before ..."
Introductions
Holidays
Interior : Morning
Ronny's Friend
"each day is necessary and sustains ..."
Today Backwards (1977)
Foxtrot Marathon
"sitting here how do they know where ..."
"a sense of strain between times is outlandish ..."
"fortunately there is a method, you suppose ..."
"the sky suggests the sundry forces ..."
"how restless they are ..."
"the hush that pervades ..."
"the swarthy ripples of her finger-tips ..."
"does the idea of language leave an impression ..."
"a tight lipped aurora ..."
"then it seemed that all our efforts led back ..."
"this evening I am entertained by a blackbird ..."
Battledore & Shuttlecock
"lost oddments provoke moments of doubt ..."
"there is enough for us all ..."
Today Backwards
Fading into Brilliance (1978)
Fading Into Brilliance
The Adventure
The Spring-Loaded Cash Drawer
Getting Through The Door
Static Journey
An Adventurous Episode Rejected By Boys Own Paper
Nothing Is Abstract
The Strategy
Risks
Second Chance
Examining The Earthworks
Never Let It End
The Last Pages
Hotel Zingo (1981)
Debate
"Unable to ignore ..."
The News
"Mist loiters throughout the afternoon ..."
Sitting on the Sidelines
"the bowl of marigolds on the cabinet ..."
"Who remains to recall such afternoons ..."
"the surrounding area prepares itself ..."
Incredible Vistas
Sun House Propaganda
The Preparations
"All the alternatives unite and place their complex proposal ..."
Exercise for One Leg
Occupying Absence
January
Deliberate Modulations
Personal Choice
"There is no prior indication ..."
Cold Front
Vital Matters
Theory
Bulletin
Best Foot
Mixed Feelings
Just Deserts
Mooning
Recipe
Shorts Garden
Incredible Vistas 2
Now and Then
Airs and Graces
So What!
Inspiration is Just a Guy Called Art
"If you do ..."
Light
Testing Testing Testing
Talking Air
Hotel Zingo
Pact and Impact
"The evening is falling away sharply ..."
Common Denominator
Here Today Here Tomorrow
Flying
Post Script
Trans (1989)
Address
Double Take 1
Double Take 2
Trans
Revisions
Playback
Rain
Heroic and Hatless
Right to Reply
Alias
Viewpoint
N.B.
Shadow Boxing
A Perfect Language
Four Songs
Caption Block
Rural Pursuits
Stepping Out
Mutant Generation
Song 5 (out of sequence)
Song 6
For the Record
LCD Ode
Par Avion
As It Is
Varations on Silence and Figures in a Room
Ferrying
Warnings
Tongues of Light
The Edge (1993)
Foreword
"Motive connects proposition ..."
"Comparisons and similarities ..."
"Constant terrestrial adoration ..."
"Trodden earth resists the heel of penury ..."
"Tell me no name bequeath no toil ..."
"Subliminal desires exploit ..."
"Art probe annuls waste ..."
"At the time of your departure ..."
"Echoes vibrate through frowsy evening light ..."
"Energy defined by the excess it harbours ..."
"You were alone in your room ..."
"As much about not retelling ..."
"Random probes dispatched to aimless wandering ..."
"Though dead and lost ..."
"Sometimes music too is inadequate ..."
"Many ways and many other ways ..."
"Wherever you settle contradicts ..."
"How you describe how it was then... ."
Coda
Art for Others (1998)
Art for Others
Delight's Wreckage (2001)
Shining Channels
Shoal
Interval
Dead Letter Drop
Shift
Revisionary
The Excommunicant
Recoil
Invisible Detachments
Where Once Was
Further Instructions
Moves
Interrogation
Thomas's Splint
A Rant
Ritual
Passages
passages
camouflage
findings
masque
ancient wishes
Variations
ancient wishes 2
fragment
incidental
variations
break
at warren street
echo
deep pile
Elsewhere in Disguise
commercial break
sub-tropical garden
airing
no name
song fragment
Marking the Blue
for
naming
ruse
repair
chronicle
Delight's Wreckage
nocturne
excursion
fable
damage field
cause