
Pilgrim
Poems
Lisabelle Tay(Author)
The Emma Press
Will be published approx. on 14. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
36 pages
978-1-912915-85-9 (ISBN)
Description
In her debut pamphlet, Lisabelle Tay leads the reader down through the underworlds of illness, motherhood and family histories. Lighting the way with her luminescent poems, the poet draws on Celtic, Classical and Chinese mythologies, appealing to the selkie, Eurydice, and Chang'e in turn as she seeks a path through the darkness - and back to the light.
Pilgrim depicts a journey and a return, moving from the expansive and mythological to the inward and personal. The pilgrim who left is not the pilgrim who returns...
Pilgrim depicts a journey and a return, moving from the expansive and mythological to the inward and personal. The pilgrim who left is not the pilgrim who returns...
Reviews / Votes
'Reading Pilgrim was not like reading your average poetry pamphlet [...]. The (reading) adventure continues. I am disorientated. And what I enjoy in that sensation is the pleasure of experiencing something different.' Charlotte Gann, Sphinx Review.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Winnersh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Saddle-stitched
Laminated cover
Illustrations
4 blue illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
100 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912915-85-9 (9781912915859)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Lisabelle Tay writes poetry and fiction, often with a speculative bent. After completing her studies in English Literature at King's College London, she returned to Singapore, where she now lives. Her story Surat Dari Hantu placed first in the 2020 Dream Foundry short story contest. 'Pilgrim' is her debut poetry pamphlet. Reena Makwana is a London-based illustrator who creates illustrations using drawings, embroidery and print. Her work is influenced by the city, characters, creatures, social past and present. She studied illustration at Camberwell College of Arts and has produced work for clients including Heart and Parcel, Vittles, Pit Magazine, Endeavour Agency, Lecker, Big Family Press, OOMK and At The Table. Reena has illustrated a number of titles for The Emma Press, including 'The Untameables' by Clare Pollard, 'The Fox's Wedding' by Rebecca Hurst, and 'Pilgrim' by Lisabelle Tay.
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Content
What it means to wane
Pilgrim
List of Things Beyond My Bedroom Curtains
After
Selkie
The Lioness
Lunar gossip
Letter to Orpheus
Sir Gawain in the forest
Reaper's Pantun
Thus came the mollusk god
Beneath the eyelids of morning
Paladin
Water Children
Goldflower's Brother
Stigmata
Acropolis at Mid-Season
Letter to my son
Pilgrim
List of Things Beyond My Bedroom Curtains
After
Selkie
The Lioness
Lunar gossip
Letter to Orpheus
Sir Gawain in the forest
Reaper's Pantun
Thus came the mollusk god
Beneath the eyelids of morning
Paladin
Water Children
Goldflower's Brother
Stigmata
Acropolis at Mid-Season
Letter to my son