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In this striking new collection Catherine Fisher mixes vivid and particular poems about the Welsh landscape such as "The Four Seasons" and "Field-walking", with historical monologues such as "Incident at Conwy" and scenes from myth like "Merlin on Ynys Enlli". With an archaeologist's care, she sifts her imagery from the past and examines it in minute, careful detail. The title sequence, based on the journals of James Hartshill, a traveller on the voyages of Captain James Cook in the south Pacific in the eighteenth century, is a triumph of her technique. The famous explorer's stubborn and heroic character and his adventures in the perilous frozen wastes or the Antarctic and among the natives 'sudden and dangerous as
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In this striking new collection Catherine Fisher mixes vivid and particular poems about the Welsh landscape such as "The Four Seasons" and "Field-walking", with historical monologues such as "Incident at Conwy" and scenes from myth like "Merlin on Ynys Enlli". With an archaeologist's care, she sifts her imagery from the past and examines it in minute, careful detail. The title sequence, based on the journals of James Hartshill, a traveller on the voyages of Captain James Cook in the south Pacific in the eighteenth century, is a triumph of her technique. The famous explorer's stubborn and heroic character and his adventures in the perilous frozen wastes or the Antarctic and among the natives 'sudden and dangerous as children' of the lush Pacific islands are marvellously portrayed.

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Publishers Weekly
Taking its inspiration from Welsh history and mythology, as well from the journals of a man who sailed with Captain James Cook, this second volume by a young Welsh poet and author of children's books conveys a reverence for the physical world. The earth is omnipresent. Landscape is often developed, almost created, by those who people it: "Their ocean is blue, so blue, deeper than/ the gown you wore at Rookham." Depicting rugged, lonely countryside and austere Antarctic seas with an equally profound respect, Fisher threads the changing seasons through disparate centuries, using nature's circularity as a unifying force. The volume climaxes in two powerful sequences: "The Unexplored Ocean," which treats Cook's voyages, and the even more striking "Scenes from a Book of Hours," five Christmas verses that pit the poet's need to express against the impossibility of full expression. (Aug.)
Booknews
The second volume by the Welsh poet, published by Seren, the book imprint of Poetry Wales Press Ltd., and distributed in the US by Dufour Editions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781854111067
  • Publisher: Seren
  • Publication date: 12/1/1995
  • Pages: 72
  • Product dimensions: 5.92 (w) x 8.42 (h) x 0.22 (d)

Table of Contents

Monument to Captain Hardy, Blackdown Hill 7
Black Dog 9
Marginalia 10
Archaeology: Four seasons 11
Archaeology: Winter 11
Archaeology: Spring 12
Archaeology: Summer 13
Archaeology: Autumn 14
Frozen Tarn 15
Field-walking 16
On the Third Day 17
Tapestry Room 18
Spells 19
Merlin on Ynys Enlli 20
Incident at Conwy: Llewelyn of Nannau 21
Incident at Conwy: Rhys ap Gruffudd Goch 22
Winterfyllith 23
Burne-Jones' Angels 24
Llanddewi Fach 25
Pencils 30
Poem for David Lewis 31
Gwern-y-cleppa 32
Words 34
Untitled 35
Those Who Make Paths 36
Teyrnon Looks at Gwent Iscoed 37
No Other Language 38
Elegy 1 39
Elegy 2 40
Flood 41
Custodian 42
In a Chained Library 44
Scenes from a Book of Hours: December 25th. Nativity 45
Scenes from a Book of Hours: 26th. Stephen Martyr 46
Scenes from a Book of Hours: 27th. John Evangelist 47
Scenes from a Book of Hours: 28th. Childermass 48
Scenes from a Book of Hours: 29th. Thomas Beckett 49
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: I. 13 April 1769. Matavai, Oetheite 53
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: II. November 1769 54
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: III. August 1770 55
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: IV. January 17th 1773. [actual symbol not reproducible] 15' South 56
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: V. May 1773 57
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: VI. June 1774. New Caledonia 58
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: VII. July 1774 59
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: VIII 61
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: IX. 1778 62
The Unexplored Ocean, From the Journals of James Hartshill: X. February 1779. Hawaii 63
Acknowledgements 64

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