Skies - Brackenbury, Alison
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A commanding collection of poetry exploring landscape, history, and personal elegy. Alison Brackenbury's Skies captures the beauty of the Gloucestershire landscape and sky-scape, presenting vivid and moving poems. Her landscapes are rich with history, and the skies are always in motion, often leading to elegy. The collection subtly weaves in the presence of the two World Wars and their poets, alongside more intimate histories of family and personal reflection. This collection offers a blend of historical depth and personal intimacy, appealing to readers who appreciate: * Poetic explorations of…mehr

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A commanding collection of poetry exploring landscape, history, and personal elegy. Alison Brackenbury's Skies captures the beauty of the Gloucestershire landscape and sky-scape, presenting vivid and moving poems. Her landscapes are rich with history, and the skies are always in motion, often leading to elegy. The collection subtly weaves in the presence of the two World Wars and their poets, alongside more intimate histories of family and personal reflection. This collection offers a blend of historical depth and personal intimacy, appealing to readers who appreciate: * Poetic explorations of nature and place * Reflections on family and memory * Subtle historical and war themes Skies invites readers to contemplate the intersection of landscape, history, and personal experience in a uniquely British context.
Autorenporträt
Alison Brackenbury was born in Lincolnshire in 1953 and studied at Oxford. She now lives in Gloucestershire, where she works, as a director and manual worker, in the family metal finishing business. Her Carcanet collections include Dreams of Power (1981), Breaking Ground (1984), Christmas Roses (1988), Selected Poems (1991), 1829 (1995), After Beethoven (2000) and Bricks and Ballads (2004). Her poems have been included on BBC Radio 3 and 4, and 1829 was produced by Julian May for Radio 3. Her work recently won a Cholmondeley Award.