These poems work their way up and down the scale of things, testing for size, for depth, for music. Walking a landscape is a favoured method of approach. Sometimes things are too large, they resist – “we searched for a way/out and down off the mountain.” (Descent). At other times the calm of acceptance is met with – “Then I am, as you say/dear brother, diminished, and simply here,/in a scale of things I hardly unders...
ISBN
978-1-908836-59-5
Pub Date
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Cover Image
‘a different kettle of fish’ by Abigail Denniston – www.bigmulletphotography.weebly.com
These poems work their way up and down the scale of things, testing for size, for depth, for music. Walking a landscape is a favoured method of approach. Sometimes things are too large, they resist – “we searched for a way/out and down off the mountain.” (Descent). At other times the calm of acceptance is met with – “Then I am, as you say/dear brother, diminished, and simply here,/in a scale of things I hardly understand.” (To The Bishop My Brother). Always the poet seeks to find his own way forward. There are many memorable poems about people, especially those concerning the poet’s father and mother. It has been 14 years since Denniston’s well-reviewed chapbook, The Point of Singing – this first full collection is long overdue, but it has been well worth the wait. Mark Roper
Originally from Longford town Edward Denniston has lived and worked in Waterford since 1980, the city in which his Presbyterian ancestor from near Moatfarrell Longford travelled to live and preach dissent in the early 18th century.
Edward is a retired teacher of English and Drama. His publications are: The Point Of Singing (Abbey Press, 1999); Eskimo Advice, an ebook (Rectory Press & Hayrake Press, 2007); Interacting – 60 Drama Scripts (Russell House Publishing, 2007) and The Scale Of Things (Salmon Poetry, 2013).
