Strange Land

by Kendall, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781903039731
• ISBN10: 1903039738
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.

Summary

Gathering a group of poems that explore some of the most transformative events of the last century, this collection draws on a wide range of poetic techniques and Biblical allusions to create a psalm-book for the modern world. From World War II and Albert Einstein to the space race and recent discoveries by the Hubble telescope, Kendall casts a wide net on the shared experiences of the past century, linking each with the more personal experiences of parenthood, childhood, and religion.

Author Biography

Tim Kendall is the author of Paul Muldoon and Sylvia Plath: A Critical Study.

Table of Contents

Divorce	p. 7
The voice	p. 8
Astronauts	p. 12
Green woodpecker	p. 13
Eurydice	p. 14
Tomatoes	p. 15
Trajectories	p. 16
At Keith Douglas's grave	p. 17
The seasons	p. 18
The sack	p. 19
John Martin : the great day of his wrath (1852)	p. 20
Hwaet	p. 21
Mammalia	p. 23
The return	p. 24
Eggbuckland	p. 25
Hungarian rhapsody	p. 27
For his colleagues	p. 28
Court of owls	p. 29
Mystic	p. 30
Prayer	p. 31
For the war-dead in Normandy	p. 32
Red campion	p. 33
The museum	p. 34
Mirror	p. 35
Hubble	p. 36
Love songs in age	p. 37
The rendezvous	p. 38
Bonaguil	p. 38
Chocolate	p. 40
Ecce Homo	p. 41
Nocturnal	p. 43
Fugue	p. 44
Song ('we are born of stardust')	p. 47
The time being	p. 48
Ship of fools	p. 49
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