Menhir: A poetic invocation of the Cornish landscape

 

I am very pleased to announce that my brand new poetry collection is now available. This little fifty-eight page anthology contains twenty-one poems, which take you on a journey into the heart of the hidden realms of Nature. The poetry explores some of the haunted coombes, enchanted woodlands, ancient sites, mysterious moors and secret coastlines of the wild and remote Cornish landscape. Enter into the liminal places where the genius loci awaits rediscovery.

The book is lavishly illustrated throughout by Paul Atlas-Saunders, and his beautiful watercolour 'From Treslea' is featured on the cover.

Below is a sample poem along with the illustration which accompanies it.

Pennkarow

Liminal movement  

By the darkened hedge                                  

From the threshold of night,                   

Floating in time                                      

Branches dance,                                         

Teased by the forest crown                         

Eyes peering from the                                   

Dense blackness.                                

Something stirs                                              

A quickening                                               

There are no stars tonight                                   

Just a low dense mist                                             

Rising from the valley floor.

Solitary vistas give way to                     

The antlered red beast                         

As he leaps over the ancient ramparts 

Into my path.                                                 

Time slows, eyes meet                              

Infinite possibilities tonight on                     

The hilltop settlement of                               

The ancient ancestors.                                

He quickly disappears again                 

Heading back into his                         

Woodland realm                                 

Continuing his solitary                        

Journey to the river.

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Menhir

Perfect-bound Paperback, with black and white illustrations throughout. 10.8cm x 17.48cm
ISBN 9780956355447

£5 plus shipping

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