I’ve just listened to Alice Oswald reading and discussing the nursery rhyme, There Was a Man of Double Deed – I think you should too: Guardian Books poetry podcast: Alice Oswald reads There Was a Man of Double Deed There was a man of double deed There was a man of double deed Who sowed his…
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Dart
Today a nice response from Jenny made me go back to Alice Oswald’s wondrous book-long poem Dart (2002). Dart is the narrative of a river, tracking its life from source to sea, its a beautiful project, and you can read more about its genesis here. Here are some lines from the actual poem, just to give you the…
Dart – or the spirit of place
I have been doing a bit of research into the concept genius loci: In contemporary usage, genius loci usually refers to a location’s distinctive atmosphere, or a “spirit of place“. A fantastic example on literature’s ability to capture genius loci is to be found in Alice Oswald’s beautiful poem Dart Dart is a long poem about the River Dart, where…
Going Wild – a collective list
Between the laundry and the fetching kids from school, that’s how birds enter my life. I listen. K. Jamie * * * RECOMMENDED READING Annie Dillard: EVERYTHING Rebecca Solnit: A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Wanderlust W. G. Sebald: The Rings of Saturn, Vertigo, Austerlitz, Campo Santo Alice Oswald: Dart Kathleen Jamie: Findings J.A….
Get Lost!
Lately, Nature Writing has become a favorite genre of mine. Having studied literature for many years, I’m not really sure why or how I ended up here? I just know that I have so much more yet discover – which is a fantastic feeling in itself! For as long as people have been writing, they…
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