Kicking Sawdust

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Bloodaxe Books, 1995 - Poetry - 79 pages
Critics and readers celebrated the power and subtlety of Paul Hyland's earlier books, the inventiveness of his music, the variety of his forms, and above all the integrity of his vision. The title-sequence of this new collection is deceptively light, putting words into the mouths of performers who spend their lives kicking sawdust.

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About the author (1995)

Paul Hyland is an award-winning poet and travel writer who lives in Dorchester. His many publications include English topographical classics, travel books about Central Africa, India and Iberia, and most recently the acclaimed historical work Ralegh's Last Journey. He has published four books of poetry with Bloodaxe: Poems of Z (1982), the Stubborn Forest (1984), Kicking Sawdust (1995) and Art of the Impossible: New and Selected Poems 1974-2004 (2004). He also wrote Bloodaxe's indispensable Getting into Poetry, described by Suzi Feay in Time Out as 'essential reading...the guide to the contemporary poetry scene'. He performs the Art of the Impossible as a professional magician.

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