An excursion into the field by a bird-watcher who always hopes to see something special, and is rarely disappointed.
20 pages
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The poet visits the seashore, reflects on tidal rhythms and travels to several islands, musing on life, death and the various stages in-between.
24 pages
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Memories surface here, of working-class lives in the early to mid 20th century.
32 pages
About the Poems
Meeting the Family does what it promises - introduces us in close-up to the cast of characters who attended Joyce Hodgson's growing up. The poet gives us a sense of each individual, expressed tacitly (as they themselves would have done) through their habits, possessions, sayings and actions, with a rewarding focus on her mother and father. The treatments range from the laconic and funny Moving Forces to the extremely moving Semi-Detached. There is an eye for the defining detail, a sense of split-second timing and an enviable restraint at work here that allows the poet to express deep feeling without sentimentality. She turns the same intent stare on herself as a character and gives us a crisp, unflinching sense of England in the 40s and 50s. She may reveal a certain hesitancy with her father's old tools, but Joyce Hodgson uses form and rhyme in a way he would have been proud of.
Mandy Sutter
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The poet's richly-varied hill-walking and mountaineering experience provided the trigger for these poems.
36 pages
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The names of moths are evocative and have allowed an imaginative sequence of poems to emerge. These range from a study of relationships to visiting a grandmother's kitchen.
12 pages
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A companion to The Moth Poems but here it is the names of mushrooms which cause the poet to reflect on life.
12 pages
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This is an unashamed eulogy for the poet's parents, who lived in harsher times than our own.
12 pages
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Following on from the success of the original Waiting for Birds, this second booklet about birds evokes these creatures and how they both colour our lives and inhabit our dreams.
28 pages
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New in publication (November 2009), this book is not yet available here, but in the meantime you can click the link to find it on Amazon UK . The monograph shows the way in which literary studies and creative writing may now be linked at university level. An analysis of three long poems is made: Basil Bunting's Briggflatts (1965), Derek Walcott's Omeros (1990) and Barry MacSweeney's The Book of Demons (1997), then the author describes her own attempt to write a long poem. The poetics of autobiography are examined.
300 pages
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In the guise of 'Mr. Dante', the poet revisits some choice mountains. Dante Alighieri wrote of the Italian hills in The Divine Comedy (Purgatory), and reading this caught the interest of the poet, reminding her of climbs in the Alps. Mr Dante's guide is not Virgil this time, but a shape-shifting presence who plays a vaguely supportive role.
12 pages
An A5 version in pdf format of the original pamphlet that started it all. An excursion into the field by a bird-watcher who always hopes to see something special, and is rarely disappointed.
20 pages
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An A4 download in Adobe pdf format of the popular 36 page pamphlet (see above) containing poems about hills, mountains and the unforgettable people with whom the poet has shared them.
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An A5 version in pdf format of the pamphlet (paperback version is available above). The poet visits the seashore, reflects on tidal rhythms and travels to several islands, musing on life, death and the various stages in-between.
24 pages
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An A5 version in pdf format of the pamphlet. Memories surface here, of working-class lives in the early to mid 20th century.
32 pages
About the Poems
Meeting the Family does what it promises - introduces us in close-up to the cast of characters who attended Joyce Hodgson's growing up. The poet gives us a sense of each individual, expressed tacitly (as they themselves would have done) through their habits, possessions, sayings and actions, with a rewarding focus on her mother and father. The treatments range from the laconic and funny Moving Forces to the extremely moving Semi-Detached. There is an eye for the defining detail, a sense of split-second timing and an enviable restraint at work here that allows the poet to express deep feeling without sentimentality. She turns the same intent stare on herself as a character and gives us a crisp, unflinching sense of England in the 40s and 50s. She may reveal a certain hesitancy with her father's old tools, but Joyce Hodgson uses form and rhyme in a way he would have been proud of.
Mandy Sutter
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The names of moths are evocative and have allowed an imaginative sequence of poems to emerge. These range from a study of relationships to visiting a grandmother's kitchen.
12 pages
An A5 version for download in Adobe pdf format of this pamphlet of poems about Mushrooms. A companion to The Moth Poems but here it is the names of mushrooms which cause the poet to reflect on life.
12 pages
An A5 version for download in Adobe pdf format of this pamphlet of poems about parents.
This is an unashamed eulogy for the poet's parents, who lived in harsher times than our own.
12 pages
An A5 version for download in Adobe pdf format of this pamphlet of poems about birds.
Following on from the success of the original Waiting for Birds, this second booklet about birds evokes these creatures and how they both colour our lives and inhabit our dreams.
28 pages
Poems written in response to Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle and in recognition of the UN International Year of Biodiversity 2010.
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By using a variety of tone, portraits are drawn of the life and character of the poet's father.
12 pages
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Here, a 'sill' is a site of transformation, where memory operates and poems arise. The resulting life-poem pays tribute to the work of Basil Bunting, Barry MacSweeney and Derek Walcott.
96 pages
By using a variety of tone, portraits are drawn of the life and character of the poet's father.
12 pages
pdf download in A5 format to match the printed pamphlet
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