Afternoons Go Nowhere
A fascination for history, both as a source of human drama and a field for artful speculation, characterises this collection of poems by Sheenagh Pugh. Here we are with the rebels who sack the Palace…
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A fascination for history, both as a source of human drama and a field for artful speculation, characterises this collection of poems by Sheenagh Pugh. Here we are with the rebels who sack the Palace of Savoy or inside the head of the disturbed King of France, who was convinced he was made of glass, or with the Bishop Thorlack, blessing a demon-haunted cliff.We are as much taken with the gaps in the chronicles, the elisions, the rumours, as we are with the relics: stone ruins, statues plagued by seagulls, the Maid of Norway in a stained-glass window.Primarily about people, this collection is also steeped in northern weathers and waters of the Scottish Isles, where Pugh now lives. The title poem refers to the abrupt darkness in winter afternoons, but also to a theme of timelessness running through the collection.In Afternoons Go Nowhere the past seems more
Afternoons Go Nowhere
Nowhere to Go
Five Go Absolutely Nowhere
Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn
Cold Nowhere
Nowhere Boy
Rolling Nowhere
Nowhere Prophet
Living Nowhere
Nowhere Girl
Nowhere Inn
Tales from Nowhere
Nowhere to Hide
Nowhere to Hide
Girl From Nowhere