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Many children's poets write for adults. Many poets, such as Roger McGough, find success in both genres. This page features books for the adult poetry market written by poets featured in The Poetry Zone.
book links take you directly to amazon.co.uk Searching For Blue Sea Glass by Roger Stevens (Rabbit Press) This is Roger's first collection for adults and is full of the fun and quirky attitude to life that has made him a favourite with younger readers. It features a wide variety of poems selected from his writings of the past fifteen years. Autobiography For an ongoing taste
of Roger's "grown-up" writing visit his Web Log at
When I Come to the Dark Country When I Come to the Dark Country by Andrew Fusek
Peters A new collection of lyrical poems from Andrew Fusek Peters about land, love and loss, beautifully framed by the rich and visionary illustrations of Shropshire artist Jackie Astbury. A lovingly-produced large format book.
Where Oak Birds Sing by Celia Warren (The
Lichfield Press) Catharsis One more childhood memory The latest in a host: One more poem written And one more buried ghost.
Father's Hands by Paul Cookson (Solway) This latest collection from Paul looks at family, faith, fatherhood
and lots more. Old favourites, along with many new pieces, are presented with the warmth, humour and spontaneity
that are his hallmarks. Father's hands Large like frying pans Broad as shovel blades And still my hands will fit inside My father's
hands
onetreesinging by Joan Poulson (Blackthorn Books) You can trust the work in onetree singing as a compass to you on your journey from the felling of the oak-tree to the finished exhibition. You can trust it as encompassing, as knowing in the old right way. It's like gossamer: ' web-filaments spun about grass / the whole park all of earth / a Milky Way / one net penetrates all'. (Gillian Allnutt) onetree singing is also available from Blackthorn Books, 35 Belmont Road, Sale, Manchester M33 6HY UK (96pp £12.95 add £2 p+p £3 outside UK - ISBN 0-9541003-0-1) the onetree project 27 November 1998 a single large oak was felled in the National Trust estate of Tatton Park in Cheshire. The onetree project aimed to show the unique value of our woodlands by showing the volume and quality of work that could be made from this one tree. All parts of the tree were saved and distributed to artists, craftspeople and manufacturers to make a huge range of beautiful and useful pieces. All of this work was brought together to form a major exhibition, which travelled to five venues across Britain from August 2001. These included the Edinburgh International Festival of 2001 in the exhibition hall of the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Geffrye museum in London. |
