The Weather on the Moon

The Weather on the Moon
Robin Thomas
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Paperback
h210 x 135mm - 64pg
21 Oct 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781909747975
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Turning Manet on his head, entering the thoughts of a post prandial lion, viewing and buying a ' snorting' Hot Rod, imagining life on a modern-day Titanic, wondering what happens to the story after a book is finished or what a sonnet written by a modern day Shakespeare might look like, ' The Weather on the Moon' ranges across art, music, philosophy, literature and poetry, politics, history, science and the natural world to encounter what it' s like to be alive. Bubbling away throughout this intense, sometimes humorous, sometimes quirky, always compassionate poetry is a joy in language, its possibilities, and music. As Graham Hardie writes, his work ' fuses many elements into one short space: pathos; wit; dexterous use of simile and metaphor; a heightened imagination; an ability to make poetry from the commonplace. '
' The humanity of the poems lies in the "momentary turmoil" that for Robin Thomas characterizes life, and which his cast of real and imaginary characters share. History becomes a matter of moments - of awareness, suffering, injustice but also absurdity and beauty' - Janice Dempsey; ' The "homely" formal qualities of these well-made poems belie a mystery, a strangeness, a reckoning. The speaker at the end of "Danger Zone" advises us not to spend too long in a place of sanctuary: it' s amongst "the danger and delight of the world you need to be"' - Julian Stannard;
Robin Thomas spent most of his working life in an engineering company in Reading having qualified as a chemical engineer at Birmingham University. While still employed, he obtained a degree in English Studies from the then Polytechnic of North London, followed by an MA in Victorian Poetry at the Open University and an MA in Writing Poetry at Kingston University. He lives in Caversham.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781909747975
Published: 21 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Two Rivers Press
Publisher: Two Rivers Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 64

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