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Turning the stones
Alistair Elliot

Turning the stones

Carcanet (Oct 1993)
9781857540413
68 pages | 140 x 220 mm
Dewey 821.914
LC Classification PR6055.L47 .T8 1993
LC Control No. 94162718

Subject

  • Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • Poetry / General

Plot

These poems explore such topics as how horses express their admiration for each other and the greenish methods of an Iranian rubbish collector. Included is a sonnet written by Rilke after his death, a biography of Pompey's last wife, and a long poem in couplets about loosing boots in Arcadia.