Selected Poems: Christine Evans
Selected Poems: Christine Evans Featuring a generous selection from four published collections of the poems of Christine Evans, this book also features her new work. The visiting farmers in Callers…
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Selected Poems: Christine Evans
Featuring a generous selection from four published collections of the poems of Christine Evans, this book also features her new work. The visiting farmers in Callers with their blunt, nervous hands set the tone for the early poems, which are poignant, precise observations of the author's surroundings, a farm on the Llyn Peninsula in north Wales. Spanning two decades, the book opens with pieces from Looking Inland.
It tells the story of a woman's attempts to come to terms with the death of her husband, a shepherd, in north Wales. Also included is the entire Falling Back, an accomplished longer poem. From initial stunned grief through recovery, the slow stages of bereavement are movingly portrayed.
The poems from Cometary Phases show an increasing confidence and ambition. In pieces like Deep Under and Fodder, the poet starts with externals and then moves deeper, using the landscape as