Painted Field : Poems

by Robertson, Robin

• ISBN13: 9780156006477
• ISBN10: 0156006472
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

In these forty-two poems, Robin Robertson demonstrates an astonishing range of style and concerns, in a voice that is utterly original. Whether he is rendering a dramatic new version of Ovid ("The Flaying of Marsyas") or celebrating the ambiguous pleasures of food ("Artichoke"), Robertson's poetry is always lucid, sensuous, and compelling. These are poems that speak of the wounds of memory, the implacable coupling of desire and loss, the fugitive nature of things. Elegant and profound, A Painted Field has proved a stunning debut.

Author Biography

Robin Robertson's writing has appeared in Granta, the New Yorker, Grand Street, and the London Review of Books, among other publications. He lives in London, where he works as an editor.

Table of Contents

New Gravity	p. 3
Three Ways of Looking at God	p. 4
Advent in Co. Fermanagh	p. 5
Static	p. 8
Sheela-na-Gig	p. 9
The Flaying of Marsyas	p. 10
Storm	p. 13
Tokens	p. 14
Visiting My Grandfather	p. 15
Aberdeen	p. 17
Pibroch	p. 18
Fireworks	p. 19
A Show of Signs	p. 21
Affair of Kites	p. 22
Bale-Fire	p. 23
In Memoriam David Jones	p. 24
At Dusk	p. 26
First Winter	p. 27
Lithium	p. 28
Retreat	p. 29
Escapology	p. 30
After the Overdose	p. 31
Fugue for Phantoms	p. 32
Ludic	p. 33
Navigating North	p. 34
Blowing out the Light	p. 36
Shot	p. 37
Hill-Fort	p. 38
Jack-in-the-Green	p. 40
Hands of a Farmer in Co. Tyrone	p. 41
Feeding the Fire	p. 42
A Decomposition	p. 43
The Translator	p. 44
The Spanish Dancer	p. 45
Lakeland	p. 46
Moving House	p. 48
Artichoke	p. 49
Oyster	p. 50
Blind Man Eating Winkles	p. 51
Silver Lake, Vermont	p. 52
The Immoralist	p. 53
Camera Obscura	p. 55
Notes	p. 87
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