
I Sing of Bricks
Angela Topping(Author)
Salt Publishing
Published on 15. January 2011
Book
Pamphlet
52 pages
978-1-84471-821-4 (ISBN)
Description
Angela Topping's poems are full of joy, tempered by sadness and always unflinchingly honest. She writes in a range of voices, always concentrating on the human experience, sometimes through unusual routes, like bricks, shoes, a single glove. These are poems in which the senses inform the striking imagery, where love is measured in actualities, and observation is close and truthful. Her feet are firmly rooted to the earth, though her head may be full of dreams and memories. Her working class childhood combined with her subsequent immersion in Literature, and passion for writing from an early age, combine to make her work accessible as well as poetically exciting. I Sing of Bricks is her fourth book for adults. If you have not yet been converted to her magical poetry, this chapbook is a wonderful introduction.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84471-821-4 (9781844718214)
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Person
Angela Topping is a freelance poet with twenty years experience as an English teacher. She was Head of Literacy and Oracy at Upton Hall School until 2009. Her poems have been widely published, are used in verse speaking festivals all over the world, and feature in textbooks and on the internet education sites of various organisations including Amnesty International and Oxfam. She is a seasoned poet-in-schools for The Poetry Society and Windows Project, Liverpool. She has mentored many young writers and has tutored creative writing courses for all age groups. Her poems have been performed in a wide range of venues including The Greenbelt Festival, Manchester Poetry Festival, and The Bluecoat Arts Centre Liverpool.
Content
I Sing of Bricks
Shoes
Glove
Romance in Middle Age
Driving Away From You
In His Eyes
Holiday Market
Sunset over Galway Bay
Johari Whispers
Twilight
Last Swim
Hospital Visiting
Bypass
Keeping Faith
Rosemary Chapel
Severance
Coping
All Saints
Atlantic Whale Fishing
Snakewatching
Those Forgotten
Each Blade Singly
Heron
Three Ways of Snowdrops
Gardening at Sylvia's
The Cook's Tale
Bildungsroman
Kitchen Ghosts
Words of Love
One for the Album
How to Capture a Poem
Shoes
Glove
Romance in Middle Age
Driving Away From You
In His Eyes
Holiday Market
Sunset over Galway Bay
Johari Whispers
Twilight
Last Swim
Hospital Visiting
Bypass
Keeping Faith
Rosemary Chapel
Severance
Coping
All Saints
Atlantic Whale Fishing
Snakewatching
Those Forgotten
Each Blade Singly
Heron
Three Ways of Snowdrops
Gardening at Sylvia's
The Cook's Tale
Bildungsroman
Kitchen Ghosts
Words of Love
One for the Album
How to Capture a Poem