Ancient Sunlight

Ancient Sunlight

by StephenWatts (Author)

Synopsis

The poems of Ancient Sunlight range in theme and space from the inner East End of London - where the poet has lived for over thirty years - with its complex richnesses of cultures and the often brutal pains of its regeneration, to great European cities such as Prague and the Italian mountains of his family origins. It is a poetry that marries personal acuity with deep communal awareness, reflecting his work as a poet in schools, hospitals, galleries, drop-in centres, urban and moorland fastnesses, and the wilder places of the human heart. This is a generous, passionate poetry of affirmation and anger for those excluded by, or on the margins of, our drunkenly material literature and society.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Enitharmon Press
Published: 05 Nov 2013

ISBN 10: 1907587292
ISBN 13: 9781907587290

Media Reviews
'I am moved and fascinated by Stephen Watts's poetry in ways I find hard to explain and extraordinarily powerful to experience. He is among the most fine and subtle writers I know on the relations of landscape and mind.' ROBERT MACFARLANE--------- 'Integrity and clarity of address illuminate every line of these poems. This book is a delight.' IAIN SINCLAIR
Author Bio
Stephen Watts is a poet, translator and editor. His previous works include The Lava's Curl (1990), Gramsci & Caruso (2003), The Blue Bag (2004), Mountain Language (2008) and Journey Across Breath (2011). Well respected as a translator, particularly of poets living in exile, his own work has been translated into many languages and valued beyond his mother tongue.