Paul Matthews

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This Naked LightPaperback, 1 May 2018

This Naked Light
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Print Length
90 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Date Published
1 May 2018
ISBN-10
1789014751
ISBN-13
9781789014754

Description

The book has five movements:

Conflagrations: The tongue is a fire, both for love and destruction.

Habitations: How can we feel at home if our things don't speak to

us or we fail to inhabit our moments?

Adorations: The women portrayed by Botticelli, Blake, Rembrandt

and Vermeer step from their gilded frames and their light plays freely.

Dedications: A handshake is a holy place. Words are made new in our

attention to each other.

Distillations: Dew gleams on oak leaves and the flanks of horses as

the 'I' grows quiet. To speak the essential name of a thing is our peculiar

pain and privilege.

....

The book ends with a quotation from William Carlos Williams: The government of words is our responsibility since it is of all governments the archetype. This is my urgent concern. Words can be hurtful and destructive, but in giving our loving attention to whoever we talk to we can heal our language and thereby enrich our communities and relationships. In 'Adorations' and 'Dedications' the poetry springs to life out of such a practice.

Another concern is to do with how we perceive the things around us. Look up 'thing' in the dictionary, and you will find it means not just an object but an 'assembly'. I like that. Each thing is a gathering place for memories, feelings and stories. Things and flowers speak to us through their gestures and colours. As for the animals, their appearance in the final pages of this book culminates in a letter to the poet William Blake regarding our responsibilities for their well-being.

Product Details

Author:
Paul Matthews
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 May 2018
Dimensions:
19.84 x 12.85 x 0.48 cm
ISBN-10:
1789014751
ISBN-13:
9781789014754
Language:
English
Pages:
90
Weight:
95.25 gm

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