Poetry – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers

A Cascade of Stars

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:07:06 +0000

A cascade of stars Set against a shade of night To beautify your day. In Cascade of Stars the well-known Yoga teacher and author Mira Mehta explores the worlds of nature and human nature with sensitivity, freshness, imagination and wit. The hundred or so poems in this collection range over a wide variety of subjects. Unusually, they combine a classical structure with a modern style.

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No End to Snowdrops

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:50 +0000

This authorised biography of the poet Kathleen Raine tells the story of how she developed from a small girl, who knew at the age of eight that she wanted only to write poetry, into a world-renowned poet and literary scholar. Philippa Bernard follows Kathleen Raine’s struggle against the constrictions of her suburban childhood to her exciting days at Girton College in the twenties…

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John Clare: Voice of Freedom

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:49 +0000

‘The greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced.’ Jonathan Bate on BBC In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg John Clare (1793-1864) was born at a time of great social upheaval, just months after the beheading of Louis XVI and the outbreak of war with France which was to last till the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. He also lived through the upheavals of the land enclosure…

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