“Grace and purpose distinguish this collection where poems trace the arc of parenting and explore the manifold challenges of being in the world. This collection also observes the natural world, its beauties, and its terrors, and is unafraid to confront violence and cruelty. The writing throughout is unforced, fine-drawn, lyrical, heart-felt.” Penelope Shuttle
A Woven Rope is very searching and very forgiving.
ISBN: 978-1-9161096-6-7
60 pages
R.R.P. £10.99
A sample poem can be enjoyed below.
Orphaned
The road is reeling him in
mile after mile after mile,
pulling him through dark waters.
Needlefish aim for his eyes,
shoal after shoal hit the glass;
he stares ahead, unblinking,
feels the line tighten, then slacken,
the hook deep in his gut holds.
He lets the night stream past,
conjures her voice, smell of her skin,
paper-thin feel of her fingers,
replays their wordless conversation.
Wipers click a mantra in his head;
the tug and tear of severing
is still to come.
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