Foraging
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Foraging

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POETRY
Joy Howard has something to say in her poems about nature, and human nature, and about grief, and time, and memory.
Her combination of tender but acute observation and mordant wit is reminiscent of U.A. Fanthorpe.These are strong, womanly poems, characterised by the uncluttered vision of a poet who tells her own truth, regardless of whether she is wryly considering the contents of the myth-kitty or looking afresh at earlier anger and later loss.
An engaging simplicity of language and expression gives the whole collection a powerful honesty.
You can rely on these poems; they will not let you down.
Ann Drysdale

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Publisher
Arachne Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781913665043

CONTENTS

Constellation
At the Window, Waiting
Melangell and the Hare
Endgame
Lineage
fiat lux
In Clover
Jubilee
A Perfect Hexagon
Armadillo
Empty
Fernsehen
Magnetic
Houses for the Working Man
Blank Document
Olympus Inc.
Out to Lunch
Red Frock, Green Frock
Hydro
Living to Tell the Tale
vita brevis
Foraging
January
The Reach
Stranded
Morning
Terroir
Going Back

Constellation

For Barbara, a retrospective
Draco appears over the horizon
flashing her diamonds
the usual display
her brightness   her talents
her ancient and present splendour
Enter the dragon
dazzlement
trust it

At the Window, Waiting

Hammershøi / Friedrich
She stands
owned by a locked landscape
snow  trees  mist
The stillness of eternity
She dreams
a green frock  an open window
a crowding of ship’s masts
The expectation of love

Melangell and the Hare

Small she was so when it
came to it
there was no difficulty being
a hare
when she leapt she could see
as high over
the wall as when she had
human legs
so leapt and saw low sun
picking out
spear points and angry eyes
hounds coursing
in a woman’s skirts she hid
invincible
no dog would near her
and the hunt knelt
run on hare’s legs she had
over the water
from compliance and hand-fasting
to live husbandless
now bargains were made
and peace promised
the gift of the valley settled her
as rain lays dust
led her to her end of days
many-seasoned
to lie at the last in her chapel
true to her stone form
The mediĂŚval church at Pennant Melangell with its shrine...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Constellation
  5. At the Window, Waiting
  6. Melangell and the Hare
  7. Endgame
  8. Lineage
  9. fiat lux
  10. In Clover
  11. Jubilee
  12. A Perfect Hexagon
  13. Armadillo
  14. Empty
  15. Fernsehen
  16. Magnetic
  17. Houses for the Working Man
  18. Blank Document
  19. Olympus Inc.
  20. Out to Lunch
  21. Red Frock, Green Frock
  22. Hydro
  23. Living to Tell the Tale
  24. vita brevis
  25. Foraging
  26. January
  27. The Reach
  28. Stranded
  29. Morning
  30. Terroir
  31. Going Back
  32. About the Author
  33. Copyright
  34. Acknowledgements
  35. About Arachne Press