New Selected Poems

by Minhinnick, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781847771339
• ISBN10: 1847771335
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-01
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.
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Summary

Encompassing more than 30 years worth of work, this poetry compilation explores the complexities of belonging in the world. While rooted in the rich particularity of industrial south Wales and the Welsh seaside resort, this collection's scope is global. Both lyrical and highly political, it mourns the ancient, savaged landscape of Iraq, listens to primeval echoes in the Welsh landscape, and celebrates the rhythms of the Americas. Including translations from six modern Welsh language poets, it demonstrates the interconnectedness of people and landscapes.

Author Biography

Robert Minhinnick is a poet, an essayist, a translator, a novelist, and a short story writer. He is the author of The Adulterer’s Tongue: Six Welsh Poets and Sea Holly and the recipient of two Forward Prizes for Best Individual Poem.

Table of Contents

from A Thread in the Maze (1978)
Sap	p. 3
Short Wave	p. 4
A Live Tradition	p. 5
Garlic Mustard, from Herbals	p. 8
Dawn: Cwrt y Felin	p. 9
1921: The Grandfather's Story	p. 10
from Native Ground (1979)
Ways of Learning	p. 15
The Children	p. 15
J.P.	p. 16
Llangewydd	p. 17
The Drinking Art	p. 18
Insomnia	p. 19
Sker	p. 21
from Life Sentences (1983)
Rhys	p. 25
Driving in Fog	p. 26
Catching My Breath	p. 27
An Address	p. 28
On the Headland	p. 29
Burmese Tales	p. 33
from The Dinosaur Park (1985)
The Dinosaur Park	p. 37
On the Llyn Fawr Hoard in the National Museum of Wales	p. 38
Dock	p. 40
Eelers	p. 41
The Resort	p. 42
Picking	p. 46
from Breaking Down	p. 47
from The Looters (1989)
The Looters	p. 53
'What's the Point of Being Timid when the House is Falling Down?'	p. 55
The Mansion	p. 56
Epilogue	p. 57
from Fairground Music	p. 59
Men	p. 61
In the Watchtower	p. 62
Looking for Arthur	p. 64
from Hey Fatman (1994)
Homework	p. 67
Daisy at the Court	p. 68
A History of Dunraven	p. 69
Hey Fatman	p. 74
Reunion Street	p. 77
Listening to History	p. 79
The Swimming Lesson	p. 80
from After the Hurricane (2002)
The Bombing of Baghdad as seen from an Electrical Goods Shop	p. 89
Twenty-Five Laments for Iraq	p. 90
The Discovery of Radioactivity	p. 95
Carioca	p. 96
Songs for the Lugmen	p. 97
She Drove a 'Seventies Plymouth	p. 101
Neolithic	p. 102
The Porthcawl Preludes	p. 103
From the Rock Pool	p. 113
from The Adulterer's Tongue (2003)
Belly Button Song (from 'Botwm i'r Botwm Bol' by Menna Elfyn)	p. 125
Taliesin (from 'Taliesin', by Emyr Lewis)	p. 126
Beginning to Forget (from 'Dechrau'r Anghofio', by Gwyneth Lewis)	p. 127
Landscape without a Hat (from 'Tirlun heb Het' by Bobi Jones)	p. 128
A Song about Soup (from 'Cawl', by Elin ap Hywel)	p. 129
Automobiles (from 'Ceir', by Iwan Llwyd)	p. 130
from King Driftwood (2008)
An Opera in Baghdad	p. 133
The Hourglass	p. 141
La Otra Orilla	p. 151
Eavesdropping	p. 161
The Castaway	p. 162
The Saint of Tusker Rock	p. 168
The Fox in the National Museum of Wales	p. 184
Index of Tides and First Lines	p. 186
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