{"product_id":"the-tall-golden-minute-paperback","title":"The Tall Golden Minute - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLinda Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mesmeric new collection from Linda Saunders whose previous books have been warmly praised: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'...beautifully achieved, \u003cstrong\u003eevocative and tender\u003c\/strong\u003e with such a strong feel for the brilliance of each minute inside passing time.'\u003cstrong\u003e - Helen Dunmore\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Saunders shows the world cherished by our watchfulness, \u003cstrong\u003elife lived in rapt attention\u003c\/strong\u003e.' - \u003cstrong\u003eCarrie Etter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFor our souls' health, we need to go on gazing, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003estopped in our tracks and sorrows, to mark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe arrivals of birds that cross the world above\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eour news and wars, our migrations of loss.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLong-haul passerines with their songs of summer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe swifts twenty-four\/seven on the wing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her latest collection of poems, Linda Saunders draws the reader into \u003cstrong\u003ea world of quiet intensity\u003c\/strong\u003e, exploring the \u003cstrong\u003ewildlife\u003c\/strong\u003e, countryside and community of a much loved and long explored corner of the north of England so that we feel we are intimate with it, our consciousness expanded and refreshed by it. \u003cstrong\u003eIn a Dales village where the church clock has stopped\u003c\/strong\u003e, '\u003cstrong\u003ethe exchange of then and now'\u003c\/strong\u003e is marked by migrations of birds and the ever-varying moods of the becks between spate and drought. Here is \u003cstrong\u003ea timeless place of the mind, \u003c\/strong\u003emade real and particular by watching and listening. Thus grounded, the poems venture into speculative territory: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...Who\u003c\/em\u003e'\u003cem\u003ed swear anyway that time exists, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ebut only the exchange of then and now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ebetween noon and midnight, this late sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethrowing shadows of trees not yet in leaf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eacross the field, so that celandines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003epurse their stars in the shivering grass, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethough the clock face catches brilliance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003estill above the rising tide of dusk.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems broaden out from the 'tall golden minute', now to the mysteries of time and space as illuminated by modern physics, now to a feeling of \u003cstrong\u003eexistential wonder\u003c\/strong\u003e, and above all to the human world of relationships with strangers, friends and family, profound experiences of love and grief, closeness and distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a second section the collection explores a slightly more urban world, but, tuned in by the first section to harmony with the natural world, we find no shortage of wonders here, along with the larger cast of human residents and visitors encountered by chance or design. A third section looks back to childhood, celebrates and mourns parents, rejoices in grownup sons and grandchildren, and shares the grief of untimely bereavement. Time and mortality are accorded the same keen attention as a rare butterfly or a child's first word, with moving accounts of the gifts and losses of a long life. This collection runs the gamut of human emotions, and does so in the context of the affirmation and celebration of life implicit in the intensity of focus and the precision and beauty of lyrical language that are this poet's hallmarks. This is the reflective, implicitly metaphysical journey of an award-winning poet whose previous collections have been received with warmth and admiration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2,881 characters\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990178971869,"sku":"9781739781491","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/GSozjMJlD49781739781491.webp?v=1780361250","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-tall-golden-minute-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}