Floodmeadow

Floodmeadow is a visionary collection that invokes other times, dimensions, and soundscapes to tell of beauty and abundance in the here and now. The landscape is characterized by collision and disintegration, and human relations are fleeting and vulnerable.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 04 May 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber

Floodmeadow, a captivating pastoral realm, envelopes us with a simmering tension that teeters between menacing lightning and rumbling thunder, where pylons and powerlines hum, and steel-framed gates sing out into the wind. Within these enchanting compositions, everything coexists harmoniously, creating a landscape that evokes an impending apocalypse. The landscape, characterized by a sense of collision and dissolution, is meticulously observed through the lens of memory and history, with meticulous journaled insights into the natural world. Moorhens, with their exaggerated delicacy, gracefully navigate the reedbeds, while dragonflies push themselves through the rigid armor of their bodies, emerging into birth. Human connections, fleeting and delicate, manifest in fleeting impressions of weddings or the tender moments shared between a father and son, who create delicate balsawood constructions that, like the poems themselves, take flight amidst the turmoil, soaring ecstatically one moment and plunging into darkness the next. This visionary collection beckons us to explore other times, dimensions, and soundscapes, inviting us to discover words of beauty and abundance in the present moment.

Dimension: 204 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571376438
Edition number: Main