Between the Islands
Between the Islands The two searching sequences that bookend this collection are not so much elegies as unfinished conversations with friends no longer living - friendships lost or neglected, with…
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Between the Islands
The two searching sequences that bookend this collection are not so much elegies as unfinished conversations with friends no longer living - friendships lost or neglected, with their closeness and distances sensitively mapped. The sea that is always in sight, between us and beyond us, is more than a metaphor. This is Philip Gross's writing at its most hospitable, lit up by a sense of personal address, both tactful and deeply engaged.
Between the Islands is Philip Gross's 21st book of poetry, and his 11th from It is another conversation - with the real sea of this planet, used and abused and in need of our care.