Full Description
Andrew's evocative poems are grounded in his experiences growing up in South Wales. With clarity and wit, he takes us on a roller coaster ride from spring flowers in the grass to the edge of space. Along the way, he draws on family memories from the postwar years and mourns the loss of a dear friend. A love of nature and all that is fragile and fleeting inspires him throughout. Expertly moving from hair raising to hilarious, his poems celebrate resilience, survival, connection and wonder.
Contents
Cloud Shadows 1 Facing Henllys 2 Vixen 3 Thistle 4 Swimming At Llangynidr 5 Shop Window Stories 6 Old Costow, Wiltshire 7 Nympsfield 8 Marshmallow 9 Mouse 10 Near Ynysddu 11 Moon In The Forest 12 May Near Llanllowell 13 Mallory And Irvine 14 London Train 15 Wood Carving 16 Hale-Bopp 17 Forest Dweller 18 Hill Farmer 19 Bridge 20 Agen Allwedd (Key-Slot) 21 A Good Day To Live 23 A Good Day To Die 24 viii Dementia Ward 25 Remembering Jan 26 Morning After The Funeral 27 Dear Grim Reaper 28 Steve The Porter 29 Don't Stop 30 Final Score 31 Nut Shell 32 Four Jesting Haiku 33 Reckoning 34 Old Bastard 35 Poem For My Father 36 Uncle Victor 37 Lessons Of Bushido 39 Flowers For Mam 40 Precious Metal 41 What My Father Left Behind 42 Holocaust Documentary 43 Sapper In Benghazi, 1948 44 Returning Fighter 45 Postwar School 46 A Fight In The Park 47 Pictures In Blood 48 That Woman Again 49 Sentences 50 Hearing Uncle Jim 51 Brits In North Africa, 1948 52 The Psychologies Of Spin 53 The News Of The Day 54 Artificial Indoctrination 55 ix Summer Solstice 56 Please, Make it Stop 57 Pachyderm Economics 58 What They Don't Tell You In Art Colleges 59 Mammon 60 Outsider Place 61 Lincoln On Pennsylvania Avenue, January 2025 62 In The Year 2025 63 Fighting Talk 64 Funding Policy 65 Dear Home Secretary 66 Costumes Of Power 68 Cometh The Man 69 Child Of War 70 Before It's All Gone 71 Library Receptionist 72 Feeding Time 73 Winter Solstice 75 Not Like The Eiger 76 Way Out Stuff 77 Waiting My Turn To Read 78 Music Hall 79 Things To See And Do 80 The Lonely Bastard's Guide To Diary-Writing 81 The Latest Oracle 82 Poor Me 83 Down Llanwern Road 84 Milestones 85 Building Walls 86 Lights Out 87 x Wotan And Hiroshima 88 Homo Sapiens 89 Homo Destitutus 91 Johnny-Come-Lately 92 Fugue 93 Fog Monster Blues 94 Flak Jacket 95 Fighting With Ghosts 96 C-19, 2020 97 Two Visits To Avebury 99 Broken Glass 100 Sixth Former 101 Blue Flower 102 Fool's Gold 103 Make Believe 104 First Sight 105 Magenta 106 House Sold 107 On Porlock Beach 108 Night Flower 109 Near Harold's Stones 110 From The Pandora Inn 111 Counting Stars 112 Blue Anchor Bay 113 A449, Midsummer 114 Chef 115 Delivery Man 116 Rugby Player 117 With Kev Near Penderyn 118 Julian Of Norwich 119 xi Oak Tree Self 120 Henry James Gives A Speech 121 This 122 Zenonymity 123 Tao-In-One 124 Up 125 Essentials 126 To My Brother 127 Fruit Flavours 128 Hadrons And Lentils 129 Hardons And Lentils 130 Incident In Lockdown 131 Cooking With Pliers 132 Mountain Man 133 The Art Of Making A Road 134 Shopping In The Age Of Aquarius 135 Party Line 136 In Love With Socks 137 Where Is Everybody? 138 Species Report 139 World History 140 Notice To Tenants 142 Monkeys In Space 143 Meeting Andromeda 144 Space Station From The Hope & Anchor 145 Background Of Stars 146 Space Walk, Hodnet 147 Proxima One 148 Listening Post 149
