Slow Air

Robin Robertson

Harcourt, 2003 - Poetry - 64 pages

Strongly rooted in the wonders of the natural world, this collection of poems strikes a balance along the mind's boundaries, looking outward and inward. Combining a cool gaze with a precise clarity of expression, the verse is muscular and delicate, spare and musical. From "that net of birds / that moves / unloosened / under bridges at dusk" to "the sea / wrecking itself against the rocks," Robertson is a master of evocative depiction. Filled with an irrepressible zest for life, he traces the arc of loss, the search for grace, and the radiance and shadows of life with a subtlety that is at once exhilarating and sensual.

Contents

• Wedding the Locksmiths Daughter: 5
• From the Jardin des Plantes: 32
• Dead Sheep in Co Derry: 47
• Making the Green One Red: 53
• Notes: 63

About the author

Robin Robertson is a 30-year veteran food writer, cooking teacher, and chef specializing in vegan and vegetarian cooking. She is the author of 20 vegetarian or vegan cookbooks, including Vegan Planet and 1,000 Vegan Recipes, and is a regular columnist for VegNews magazine and VegCooking.com. She operates a vegan-focused website and blog at RobinRobertson.com.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Slow Air
• Author: Robin Robertson
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harcourt, 2003
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Jun 30, 2011
• ISBN: 0151007462, 9780151007462
• Length: 64 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Poetry / General