Pelt
By: Sarah Jackson
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books; [U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Tarset, Northumberland [England]; [Chester Springs, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9781852249311
Subjects: Englisch; Lyrik; Children; Poetry
Description: Sarah Jackson explores the edges of writing in this uncanny book of touch. Tender and haunting, yet beautifully poised, the poems in Pelt get right under your skin. The collection takes you on an unsettling journey between infancy and adulthood. Slipping from birds to blindness, from hides to hiding, Pelt uncovers the unfamiliar in the everyday. It is written in the dark. It asks to be read through your fingertips. Striking and elegant, subtle and yet full of desire, this is a brilliant debut.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 69).
Table of contents: title: I. If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me. Vanishing twin ; The red telephone ; Ten o'clock horses ; Two mothers ; What daddy built ; Into the horse ; Crabbing ; Night fishing ; Old fatty knees ; Wingspan ; Like a smile ; Leftovers ; Touch papers ; Revolution; title: II. I have my heart on my fist. Friday 12.03 ; The instant of my death ; Momos and tea ; Sacred cow ; Zooid ; Monte Alcudina ; Cow uprising ; Light over Ratcliffe ; Howling ; Night Parliament ; Doubles; title: III. Dreamed some rain so I could sleep. Carrying my bones ; Silent running ; Traces ; Beachcombing ; The way through walls ; November ; Visitor ; Clam ; Footing; title: IV. Hear me out. Operation Dark Harvest ; The farm ; Host ; My father's house ; Mapledurham Lock ; The most quiet ; Cave of ears ; I have not yet discovered ; Vocal chords ; Cinder ; Turn out the light ; Kola superdeep ; Remains.