The Never-neverThe Never-Never is the dazzling debut collection of poetry by one of the UK's most distinctive new voices. From joyriders in the rain-lashed back streets and housing estates of Wales, to London, California and beyond, Kathryn Gray gives us compelling tales of love and loss, of friendship, exile and the distant promise of home. The Never-Never is among the most readable and startling collections of recent years. Kathryn Gray was born in Caerphilly, and studied German and Medievalism at the Universities of Bristol and York. She received an Eric Gregory Award in 2001 and her poems have appeared in the TLS, The Independent, Poetry Review, Poetry Wales and other major journals. She currently lives in London and has recently been appointed as editor of New Welsh Review. |
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... the underlined exclamations stroked in bold at a margin happen like sudden laughter , yes , laughter at the ear of a lover , and in the woods all the boys hanged long since . The Field Let's say that first day you were nailing 42.
Kathryn Gray. The Field Let's say that first day you were nailing a mirror to a tree or - even - nailing a tree to a mirror , in a little corner of England , with the birds peep - peep - ing and tinny above you ... field of radiation , the ...
... field by force , the grass of the wild carrot taking so remote a thing . It is a field , anemone petals . Nor so smooth , nor her body is not so white as - Hereafter for Doug Williams , wherever You make not even 53 33.