Small-Scale Observations (Paperback)

The poems in James Sutherland-Smith's eighth collection move from the garden into the neighbourhood of "a down-at-heel Hapsburg town" and then range into the nearby forest, the personal and the past. Borders are crossed and seemingly insignificant creatures suddenly gain visionary dimensions. The title poem recalls a poet whose attention to the small-scale made his work seem minor, yet as Hardy wrote "he noticed such things," a heedfulness absent in a contemporary world where both simplistic analysis and solutions constantly fail to address threats to our very existence. The namesake of a war criminal has been chopping wood for three days hefting an orange-handled axe. Behind him three hunting dogs bark at the nonchalant passage of a cat.

General

Imprint:	Shearsman Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	James Sutherland Smith
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	92
ISBN-13:	978-1-84861-847-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84861-847-6
Barcode:	9781848618473

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