Landing Light Poems

by Paterson, Don

• ISBN13: 9781555974176
• ISBN10: 1555974171
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-01
• Publisher: Graywolf Press

Summary

The U.S. publication of the latest collection by Don Paterson, winner of the 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award and two-time winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize "Dear son, I was mezzo del cammin"and the true path was as lost to me as ever"when you cut in front and lit it as you ran."See how the true gift never leaves the giver . . . --from "Waking with Russell" Hailed for its "enormous skill and verve" ("The Guardian) and its "seriousness and moral urgency" ("The Independent), "Landing Light is one of the most important and resonant poetry collections to come out of Britain in recent years. Ceaselessly inquiring, Don Paterson discovers the love of a son, a talking book, the voices of a wreckage left in the black box. In traditional forms, short lyrics, and long narratives, Paterson has crafted--with precision and passion--his most accomplished and spiritual collection.

Author Biography

Don Paterson is a poet, editor, and musician. He is the author of The White Lie: New and Selected Poetry and coeditor (with Charles Simic) of New British Poetry. He lives in Kirriemuir, Scotland.

Table of Contents

Luing	3	(1)
St Brides: Sea-Mail	4	(2)
Sliding on Loch Ogil	6	(1)
Waking with Russell	7	(1)
The Thread	8	(1)
Incunabula	9	(1)
America	10	(1)
The Forest of the Suicides	11	(6)
The Hunt	17	(3)
Letter to the Twins	20	(3)
A Fraud	23	(2)
The Reading	25	(3)
A Talking Book	28	(6)
The Rat	34	(1)
Form	35	(1)
The Box	36	(1)
The Last Waltz	37	(4)
The Shut-in	41	(1)
Web	42	(1)
Three Poems after Cavafy	43	(2)
One Night
The Boat
The Bandaged Shoulder
My Love	45	(2)
A Gift	47	(1)
The Wreck	48	(1)
The Alexandrian Library, Part III	49	(10)
Twinflooer	59	(3)
Palm	62	(1)
Archaic Torso of Apollo	63	(1)
The Long Story	64	(5)
'96	69	(1)
Colophon	70	(2)
The Sea at Brighton	72	(1)
The Light	73	(1)
The Black Box	74	(7)
The Landing	81	(2)
Zen Sang at Dayligaun	83	(1)
The White Lie	84