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Sicilian elephants
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- Book Synopsis
- In the title poem to Sicilian Elephants, his most wide-ranging and ambitious collection to date, David Cooke imagines the short-lived paradise achieved by those miniature elephants whose bones have been found on the island. In poems gathered here he explores notions of home and the way humans aspire to define their space and achieve a life of ease.Starting out from familiar domestic settings, he explores the rituals of DIY and gardening. However, the inevitable tensions between us and our environment and the ways that human achievement is subject to time are further explored in new and startling situations as when in a poem about heaven, the quest for a spiritual homeland is set against territorial conflict. With Sicilian Elephants, in words from the Poetry Book Society Bulletin: 'Cooke's lyrical insight and precision make the personal universal.'
- About The Author
- David Cooke was born in Wokingham, although his family comes from the West of Ireland. In 1977, while still an undergraduate at Nottingham University, he won a Gregory Award and since then his poems and reviews have appeared in many journals in the UK, Ireland and beyond. He has published seven collections, including 'A Murmuration' (Two Rivers Press, 2015) and 'Staring at a Hoopoe' (Dempsey and Windle, 2020). He is founder and editor of the online poetry journal 'The High Window'.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781909747913
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Two Rivers Press, (21 November 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 61
- Weight
- 104 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 359 x 15 mm
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