Landing Light: Poems

Title: Landing Light: Poems
Author: Don Paterson
ISBN: 9781555974176
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 88
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
C: 1697675
Section: Poetry | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher Description:

The U.S. publication of the latest collection by Don Paterson, winner of the 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award and two-time winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize

"Dear son, I was mezzo del cammin"
"and the true path was as lost to me as ever"
"when you cut in front and lit it as you ran."
"See how the true gift never leaves the giver . . ."
from "Waking with Russell"

Hailed for its "enormous skill and verve" ("The Guardian") and its "seriousness and moral urgency" ("The Independent"), "Landing Light" is one of the most important and resonant poetry collections to come out of Britain in recent years. Ceaselessly inquiring, Don Paterson discovers the love of a son, a talking book, the voices of a wreckage left in the black box. In traditional forms, short lyrics, and long narratives, Paterson has crafted with precision and passion his most accomplished and spiritual collection."