Skywriting And Other Poems

by Tomlinson, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781566635417
• ISBN10: 1566635411
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-24
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee

Summary

Winner of the third annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, here is a triumphant book in which Tomlinson's unfailing sensitivity and decorum toward the visual world is brilliantly realized.

Author Biography

Charles Tomlinson taught for many years at Bristol University and is an honorary foreign fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Table of Contents

Skywriting	p. 9
Mexico: A Sequence	p. 11
A Visit to Don Miguel	p. 21
Waiting for the Bus at Tlacochahuaya	p. 23
A Fragment from Mexico	p. 26
From the Plane	p. 29
Piazza	p. 30
In Ferrara	p. 31
The Etruscan Graveyard at Marzabotto	p. 32
The Runners at San Benedetto	p. 34
In June	p. 36
July on the High Plain	p. 38
The Journey: Pescocostanzo--Roma	p. 39
Roma	p. 40
Piazza Navona	p. 43
Farewell to Europa	p. 45
Japanese Notebook	p. 49
To Shizue	p. 52
For Noriko	p. 53
Macao	p. 54
On Lantau Island	p. 56
Waiting for John	p. 59
Bristol Night Walk	p. 60
Death of a Poet	p. 62
For T. H.	p. 64
Cotswold Journey (2001)	p. 65
Spem in Alium	p. 67
Trout	p. 69
Track	p. 70
Slow Down	p. 71
Newark Park (an upward glance)	p. 72
Reflection	p. 74
In the Hallway	p. 75
The Even Numbers	p. 77
If Bach had been a Beekeeper	p. 78
Midwinter	p. 79
February	p. 81
The Transformation	p. 82
Ode to Memory	p. 83
The Leaper	p. 85
Fire and Air	p. 87
Primal Fire	p. 89
Watching Water	p. 90
Floodtime	p. 91
The Martins	p. 92
Tonight	p. 93
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