Jigsaw

Jigsaw
David Underdown
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Paperback
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4 Apr 2022 UK
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9781788641265
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' For we are all of the dust of stars, reborn hunter and hunted, to soar splay-winged across the moon or shadow the lonely light of angler fish. ' The final lines from the opening poem in David Underdown' s new collection hint at what is to follow, poems that range from the cosmic to the domestic, but all characterised by acute observation. The reader will also find a sense of the surreal and, above all, an empathy and relish for the many oddities and poignancies of existence. The book concludes with a sequence of poems dedicated to ' the grandfather I never knew. '
Jigsaw, David Underdown' s delightful and diverse new collection, comes together to offer fresh ways of looking at the world, always sane and at the same time quietly transcendent. Whether reflecting on an encounter in the natural world or on significant moments in the story of a human life, Underdown pays attention to those small things that turn out after all to matter most. With a light step, he approaches the delicate wreck of a robin, follows a treecreeper' s hunt for bugs, imagines what might go on inside the head of a tawny owl. Wordplay and understated humour enliven many of the poems, and the final section is a tender tribute to ' ordinary' , but never really ordinary, lives. The jigsaw brings together darkness and light, questioning and consolation. Underdown pays attention to the large-scale dangers of these Anthropocene times; at the same time, the poems illuminate and honour the courage it takes to look ordinary life in the eye. - Alex Josephy
David Underdown' s poems have appeared in various anthologies and journals. His first two collections, Time Lines (2011) and A Sense of North (2019) were published by Cinnamon. Snig (2021) was published by Calder Valley Poetry. A Mancunian by birth, he spent the majority of his adult life in the West of Scotland including twenty years on the Isle of Arran. He now lives with his wife Claire in Hebden Bridge where he enjoys the deep valleys and Pennine moors and concentrates on walking, gardening, grand-children and writing poetry.
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ISBN-13: 9781788641265
Published: 4 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cinnamon Press
Publisher: Cinnamon Press
Format: Paperback
Pages: 70

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