Ten Poems about Walking

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Author: Sasha Dugdale
Publication date: 01/01/2019

There seems to be a natural connection between walking and poetry. For William Wordsworth, the regular rhythm of walking was a stimulus to writing, and he said that \"nine-tenths of my verses have been poured out in the open air.\" This beautiful mini-anthology contains William Wordsworth's heart-stopping 'Old Man Travelling' alongside contemporary poems that capture the delights of a walk with a dear friend and of walking in solitude. There's a poem about setting off through city streets to find a river and a heron, and another featuring a surprising encounter on the top of Helvellyn. One by one then as a whole, these poems remind us that being on foot is one of the best ways of experiencing the world: \"Sole self I bedded down close as I could To listen: lapping, birdlife homing, settling…\" – from 'Lake' by David Constantine Sasha Dugdale is an award-winning poet and translator and a keen walker. Poems by Matthew Clegg, David Constantine, Sasha Dugdale, Choman Hardi, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Stephanie Norgate, MR Peacocke, Stephen Watts, William Wordsworth and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch. Cover illustration by Hugh Ribbans. Supplied with envelope and bookmark.

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Title: Ten Poems about Walking
Author: Dugdale, Sasha
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01/01/2019
Imprint: CANDLESTICK PRESS
ISBN: 9781907598647

There seems to be a natural connection between walking and poetry. For William Wordsworth, the regular rhythm of walking was a stimulus to writing, and he said that \”nine-tenths of my verses have been poured out in the open air.\” This beautiful mini-anthology contains William Wordsworth’s heart-stopping ‘Old Man Travelling’ alongside contemporary poems that capture the delights of a walk with a dear friend and of walking in solitude. There’s a poem about setting off through city streets to find a river and a heron, and another featuring a surprising encounter on the top of Helvellyn. One by one then as a whole, these poems remind us that being on foot is one of the best ways of experiencing the world: \”Sole self I bedded down close as I could To listen: lapping, birdlife homing, settling…\” – from ‘Lake’ by David Constantine Sasha Dugdale is an award-winning poet and translator and a keen walker. Poems by Matthew Clegg, David Constantine, Sasha Dugdale, Choman Hardi, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Stephanie Norgate, MR Peacocke, Stephen Watts, William Wordsworth and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch. Cover illustration by Hugh Ribbans. Supplied with envelope and bookmark.

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Dimensions 210 × 137 mm

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