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About this book
A Commonplace is a dialogue about how poetry is made and how it makes a difference to our lives. Jonathan Davidson's quiet but distinctive poems – including pieces from the 17th Century, from Kyiv and Lisbon, and from Finland and Nicaragua – are complemented by outstanding work by sixteen other poets and translators.Littered with unruly footnotes and featuring a gazetteer and bibliography, A Commonplace invites the reader to experience poetry as a lived art form.
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Contents
7 A Note on A Commonplace
11 Introduction
Poems
15 Brick by Richie McCaffery
17 Won’t
18 Clouding Over
19 Nineteen Fifty-Six
21 A Breakfast
22 The Back Roads
23 Father
26 Winter, Lye Waste by Roz Goddard
27 A Quadratic Equation
29 A Letter to Johann Joachim Quantz
30 William Smith’s Poem
31 Collage, 1941
32 A Last Letter to Ophelia Queiroz
33 The Lyric Eye by Zaffar Kunial
36 Sonnet for Dick by Kit Wright
37 Tony
38 Darling by Jackie Kay
41 Frederick Arthur Davidson
42 Utopia
43 Borders
44 Brick-Life
45 Brickwork
47 Land by Mick North
49 Cycling
52 A Music Box
54 The Silence
55 Live Broadcast
56 Printing
57 The Honeycomb by Pauline Stainer
59 Apple Picking
61 Wild Strawberries by Helen Dunmore
63 Brecht, B. v Steffin, M., Marlebäck, 1940
65 Miss Balcombe’s Orchard
66 Claud, 1982
67 Zero Hour by Ernesto Cardenal, tr. by Robert Pring-Mill
68 On ‘Why Brownlee Left’
70 Night Flight to Belfast by Catherine Byron
71 Striletska Street 15
72 Kyiv Writers
73 Metro
75 We Set Our Guns
76 The Lack of a Dandy Tyrant
77 On the Arrest of Thomas Prince, 1649
78 Without Venice
80 Six Filled the Woodshed with Soft Cries by Maura Dooley
81 Leaving
82 The Ridgeway, 2117
83 Like Lichen
84 The Greenwood
85 Padley Woods: June 2007 by Ann Atkinson
88 Just off...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- A Note on A Commonplace
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Brick
- Won’t
- Clouding Over
- Nineteen Fifty-Six
- A Breakfast
- The Back Roads
- Father
- Winter, Lye Waste
- A Quadratic Equation
- A Letter to Johann Joachim Quantz
- William Smith’s Poem
- Collage, 1941
- A Last Letter to Ophelia Queiroz
- The Lyric Eye
- Sonnet for Dick
- Tony
- Darling
- Frederick Arthur Davidson
- Utopia
- Borders
- Brick-Life
- Brickwork
- Land
- Cycling
- A Music Box
- The Silence
- Live Broadcast
- Printing
- The Honeycomb
- Apple Picking
- Wild Strawberries
- Brecht, B. v Steffin, M., Marlebäck, 1940
- Miss Balcombe’s Orchard
- Claud, 1982
- Zero Hour
- On ‘Why Brownlee Left’
- Night Flight to Belfast
- Striletska Street 15
- Kyiv Writers
- Metro
- We Set Our Guns
- The Lack of a Dandy Tyrant
- On the Arrest of Thomas Prince, 1649
- Without Venice
- Six Filled the Woodshed with Soft Cries
- Leaving
- The Ridgeway, 2117
- Like Lichen
- The Greenwood
- Padley Woods: June 2007
- Just off the A5, West of Llangollen
- Didcot Parkway
- Long Hot Summer
- The Grass Rash
- Quiet the afternoon after rain
- After The Birthday
- Listen
- Gazetteer
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements