Sweet Nothings E-Book

Rory Waterman

• Herausgeber: Carcanet Poetry
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

Sweet Nothings is about absences, how they tempt us, and sometimes what they make us do. An absence is a conjuration, not palpably present in longing, imagination or dream. We are lured on by absences, and how they call to us, in Thomas Hardy's memorable phrase. The poems sometimes come in sequences; always they are in dialogue with one another, responding, echoing - within and between the book's two sections. At times, the leitmotifs are apparently personal, exploring divisions and painful losses. But we also encounter the largely invented academic Dr Bob Pintle, promoted at work since his cameo in Waterman's previous book, an anti-hero of the modern university system. In this book we also find the zero football score, the zero scores in life's more significant conflicts, and an obverse: the desire to settle at nothing, or for nothing less than what life might offer. Sweet Nothings is in fact a book of hopes and passions - quiet and lyrical at times, but also fiercely witty and bold.

Leseprobe

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RORY WATERMAN

Sweet Nothings

CONTENTS

Title Page1.Genesis 6.15, Acts 26.5, Matthew 6.34Trigger WarningsHarrier?ReapingUniversity of Lifei. Salad Days ii. Then Removals iii. Cold Calling iv. Presentations Curriculum RefreshFinal YearsRe: ApplicationRe: Re: ApplicationAlfreton Town 0, Brackley Town 1 (89’)Vergina SunsBratislava NocturneEasterbunnyThe WebThe Spire MemorialOperation Mondscheinsonate at Coventry Transport MuseumII.Where to BuildFive Thirty-minute SessionsHad and Heldi. Last Night ii. Self-Storage iii. The Ring iv. Last Home The Pollyanna PrincipleLeavers’ BallsOld Flat, AbandonedHundreds of Little LanternsVilnius NocturneOne-Parent Families (Sheldon Press, 1979) Like FatherEpithalamium: Postscript and ProlepsisLosers; WinnersDefencesChilde Behar’s Intended PilgrimageThey Still Leap Over the StridGarlici. Wimbledon Men’s Final, 1994 ii. It Might Repeat on You Nottingham NocturneAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorAlso by Rory Waterman, from CarcanetCopyright

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SWEET NOTHINGS

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Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

john 21.3 (kjv)

Nothing to do but work,

Nothing to eat but food,

Nothing to wear but clothes,

To keep one from going nude.

benjaminfranklin king, jr.

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