Marston Meadows and Other Poems

A walk is like a knot that gets undone, And yet it keeps us closer. In Marston Meadows , John Fuller celebrates the rewards of a life lived in rich attentiveness to the world. The book opens with the extraordinary title sequence, a corona of fifteen intertwining sonnets written for the poet''s wife on their diamond wedding anniversary. At once magisterial and delicate, they build into a moving meditation on how our selves are shaped, and deepened, by long companionship, under the growing shadow of mortality. Taking in a dizzying sweep of human time, Fuller reflects on what keeps us together and what breaks us apart. With spectacular formal dexterity and a tender awe, the poems track the hidden lives of wildflowers, birds, and other emissaries from an increasingly fragile natural world. Lyrical, irreverent, freighted with a lifetime''s understanding, the poems reach out, with the humility of an apprentice, to the precious others who share our path: ''Can you tell / Me / Something of love?''

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John Fuller

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Fuller
• Edition: Chatto and Windus
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.11.2025
• EAN: 9781784746544
• ISBN: 978-1-78474-654-4
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 222 mm x 20 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre > Poésie; England, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Grandparenting, Climate Change, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family, The arts, Poetry by individual poets, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Nostalgia: general, Relating to late adulthood / old age, Wedding / Marriage, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Animals & Nature