Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Peter Riley's Chapters of Age (Open House Editions, Leafe Press, 2013)

A lovely skinny pamphlet with the subtitle, 'Stone landscapes of Inishmore and Burren, May 2010'. Here are some favourite passages:


Chapters of age: increasingly anxiety,
Histories beyond credence,
Massive stone forts in mist.

*

And sing still and louder sing,
Psalmic impulsions rolling over the moor
Seeking an imperfect cadence.

*

Where is the musician or architect
Who built me this weary smile?

*

Saw everything from there, the rich
And the poor, the cloud descending,
The cattle driven over the cliff.

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For there are answers to fear, 
Common or garden,
That singing up the coast.



You can get the pamphlet for £3.50 by buying it directly from Leafe Press.
 

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