A Touch on the Remote
Published on 15. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
68 pages
978-1-905208-34-0 (ISBN)
Description
'Does space exist?' asks the poet, who offers us the startling image of a poem as remote control: 'If a poem could make the crossing / between thought and life...' In the title se-quence she seeks ways of touching an absent son 'across the latitudes / and lapse of years'. These poems lie at the core of a psychological journey.
'Does space exist?' asks the poet, who offers us the startling image of a poem as remote control: 'If a poem could make the crossing / between thought and life...' In the title se-quence she seeks ways of touching an absent son 'across the latitudes / and lapse of years'. These poems lie at the core of a psychological journey.
'Does space exist?' asks the poet, who offers us the startling image of a poem as remote control: 'If a poem could make the crossing / between thought and life...' In the title se-quence she seeks ways of touching an absent son 'across the latitudes / and lapse of years'. These poems lie at the core of a psychological journey.
Reviews / Votes
'as its title suggests, A Touch on the Remote combines a sense of intimacy with wider perspectives, not least the impact of time passing. Whether set in the rigorous context of fell walking, or fondly taking the pulse of a grown son's absence, or quizzing the processes of art, these measured and measuring poems have an impressive attentiveness to experience. Linda Saunders writes with a clarity and sense of rhythm which make her poems memorable.'Lawrence Sail; 'a power of experience emerges in the nuances of seeing, focused observations that combine openness and immersion. In these skilful, lyrical, often quiet poems, Saunders shows the world cherished by our watchfulness, life lived in rapt attention.' Carrie Etter 'Saunders' work is sensuous, alive in and to a world of precisely-evoked sounds, visions, textures. It is delicately sensitive, to changes of mood, shifts of the light. These are poems whose marvellous collective effect is simultaneously to quieten and energise the mind.'Lesley Saunders'as its title suggests, A Touch on the Remote combines a sense of intimacy with wider perspectives, not least the impact of time passing. Whether set in the rigorous context of fell walking, or fondly taking the pulse of a grown son's absence, or quizzing the processes of art, these measured and measuring poems have an impressive attentiveness to experience. Linda Saunders writes with a clarity and sense of rhythm which make her poems memorable.'Lawrence Sail; 'a power of experience emerges in the nuances of seeing, focused observations that combine openness and immersion. In these skilful, lyrical, often quiet poems, Saunders shows the world cherished by our watchfulness, life lived in rapt attention.' Carrie Etter 'Saunders' work is sensuous, alive in and to a world of precisely-evoked sounds, visions, textures. It is delicately sensitive, to changes of mood, shifts of the light. These are poems whose marvellous collective effect is simultaneously to quieten and energise the mind.'Lesley Saunders
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Language
English
Place of publication
Tonbridge
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-905208-34-0 (9781905208340)
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Linda Saunders has been widely published in magazines and anthologies, including New Women Poets from Bloodaxe. A Touch on the Remote is her fourth book of poetry.Her first full-length collection, from Arrowhead Press, was short-listed for the Jerwood/Aldeburgh Prize.
Linda Saunders has been widely published in magazines and anthologies, including New Women Poets from Bloodaxe. A Touch on the Remote is her fourth book of poetry.Her first full-length collection, from Arrowhead Press, was short-listed for the Jerwood/Aldeburgh Prize.
Linda Saunders has been widely published in magazines and anthologies, including New Women Poets from Bloodaxe. A Touch on the Remote is her fourth book of poetry.Her first full-length collection, from Arrowhead Press, was short-listed for the Jerwood/Aldeburgh Prize.