Selected Poems - Softcover

Bidgood, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854110691 ISBN 13: 9781854110695

Publisher: Seren Books/Poetry Wales Pr Ltd, 1995

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Some poems seem tap-rooted into the human heart. Welsh poet Bidgood's works have that deep, thirsty quality. Her subjects are common if not commonplace: casual happenings overheard, seasonal changes, country gossip, the land's changing face. But the deep authority of her words makes this a collection worth savoring. The book proceeds in reverse chronology, Bidgood's latest and most powerful stuff first. Not that her early work is slight; rather, in comparison to her latest, it appears hesitant and careful. Of late, Bidgood has come into her voice quite solidly. In a brief poem about an earthquake, she describes the onrushing disaster as sounding like "a train / tunnelling through the hill" as daffodils shudder in their vase "long enough / for incredulity to crystallize." When the quakes cease, we are left with the assurance of "fire-hearted earth / ungovernable, even here." Bidgood is a poet's poet, a rare find. Pat Monaghan

Edition details

• Publisher: Seren Books/Poetry Wales Pr Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854110691
• ISBN 13: 9781854110695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140