New, Forthcoming and Recently Published Books
Adam Horovitz' new pamphlet
includes lyric poems
in his characteristic voice
and centres on a sequence of sonnets -
a 'crown' - which addresses themes
including the elusive nature of love
and the value in striving
for the apparently impossible.
Now available through our Big Cartel page.
Mark Bardsley's booklet marries
finely observed poetry
with carefully expressed drawings.
Firmly set in Shropshire,
the poems flirt with the genii loci
of hill, dale and industrial heritage.
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Nick Naydler's booklet is a 'selected poems'
with original drawings.
The poems have a distinctive voice
and speak of loves,
concerns
and our place in the world.
Now available through our Big Cartel page.
Philip Rush's new book
is published by Garlic Press.
We have some copies available for sale.
The book places poems
from the last few years
against photographs from the same period.
There is humour and there is anxiety.
Just as you'd expect.
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Alicia Stubbersfield's new collection, Enigma Machine,
is, in Dean Parkin’s words, full of “insightful poems examine the everyday with a real relish”.
The whole book from cover to cover
is a fulfilling work of art.
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Jennie Farley's poems
describe from an intriguing viewpoint
a version of
her schooldays
which has a disturbing ring of truth.
"Great to see Jennie Farley's
sly and unsettling school poems"
- David Clarke
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nothing comes to mind
is a collage for three voices,
rich in lyricism and repetition,
strong
and visceral.
James Dick, Jo Casling & Eley Furrell.
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Also available is a second book
of James Dick's lyrics
for the red propellers.
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Alun Hughes' poems
derive from walks in the Heavens,
a corner of Stroud which provides
a glimpse of wilderness.
He writes with thoughtful abandon.
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We welcome back to the Stroud Poets series
Diana and Caroline whose poems
though written with wit address serious issues
and concerns with honesty.
Richard Austin has been a supporter of poetry
in Stroud for many years
and it is a pleasure
to include some of his recent work here.
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Lyn Briggs' experience as a song-writer
brings a musical quality to her work;
Katie and Jacqui in their different ways
respond to the world around them
in unusual and engaging ways.
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Sarah Brooker is a textile artist
with a studio in Nailsworth.
Her pamphlet includes glimpses
of her artwork
which complement the poems.
Sarah's poems allow a mixture
of emotions — sadness and joy,
hope and dismay —
to exist side by side
without becoming destructive.
She writes with a swagger
and is a pleasure to read.
Peculiar Lonely Soaps
Fred Chance is a photographer
known to many of us in Stroud
for all sorts of adventures.
For this project he travelled to Helpston,
where John Clare was born in 1793.
The book contains photographs
he made there.
The texts accompanying them
are taken from four of Clare’s poems.
They are poems about place and identity
and they lament the loss of both.
Where Man Never Trod
& Woman Never Smiled Or Wept
Lania Knight is a poet and author
and lecturer in
Creative Writing
who has recently moved away
from Gloucestershire.
Her poems are about
people and places
and they are written in a way
which helps us to look afresh
at the people in our lives
and at the places
which are dear to us.
Single-Track B-Road
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Philip has not stopped
walking around the woods
but in this pamphlet
he has wandered further afield.
Poems here find themselves
evoking the world of stone circles,
the English
landscape garden
and the hop gardens of Kent.
As a bonus, the booklet includes
a photograph of Philip's
great-grandfather
and another of three
hop-pickers
lurking in the shadow
of the hut
where they were living.
They Daisy Chain
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Jacqui's series
of skilfully linked sonnets
derive from her months
as a Dialect Writers
'Poet in Residence'
at Lake 32
in the Cotswold Water Park.
They delight in the natural world,
in nightingales and geology,
but also express concern
at the fragility
of our world
and the delicacy
of our relationship
with Nature.
Lake 32 Relay
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These titles
are available for order now.
Pamphlets @ £5.
(except Mark Bardsley, £6.40
and Adam Horovitz, £6.00)
Fred, Alicia:
books @ £10.
Postage (UK) included in cost.
New books and seasonal offers
are on the 'cartel' page: click here.
Other Yew Tree Press
poetry pamphlets cost £5 each
or £10 for any 3.
Payment by cheque or BACS transfer.
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