Powerful and varied second collection by a leading light of the new generation of British poets.
Greta Stoddart was born in 1966 and grew up in Oxford. She studied in Paris and Manchester. Her first book, At Home in the Dark, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2002. She now lives in Devon and works as a poetry tutor.
Pupil
p. 11
Instrument
p. 12
A puzzle in four seasons
p. 13
Salvation Jane
p. 14
Faithful
p. 15
Want
p. 16
The wait
p. 18
You drew breath
p. 19
At play
p. 20
The street lamp
p. 22
Even here
p. 23
In the kitchen
p. 24
Really
p. 25
Verfremdungseffekt
p. 26
Plastic bag
p. 28
The night of the hunter
p. 29
In the Dreams warehouse
p. 31
Like a substance
p. 33
At the school gates
p. 34
Television
p. 36
Homebound
p. 37
The move
p. 39
Portent
p. 41
The river and the rope bridge
p. 42
On Pont Royal
p. 43
Diving for keys
p. 44
Philosophy for children
p. 46
Sun
p. 47
The swans
p. 48
Monogamy
p. 49
Vigil
p. 50
Counting
p. 52
Matter
p. 53
Cloudwatching
p. 55
The lights
p. 57
Solace
p. 58
The engraver
p. 60
The past
p. 61
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