Sheard, James
The Abandoned Settlements
- ISBN 13:
- 9781910702475
- author:
- Sheard, James
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 64
- Dimensions:
- 19.3 x 12.45 x 1.02 centimetres
- Genre:
- Poetry, Continental European, Poetry
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Abandoned Settlements by James Sheard is a poignant exploration of love, loss, and longing. These poems capture the emotional residue of departure, revealing the scars of separation and the persistence of desire. Sheard's work is marked by its precision and power, as he examines the ways in which structures - from ghost towns to deserted villages - retain vestiges of significance and sensual heat. The poems also probe the fragility of human experience, questioning whether emptiness is a clean start or a loss of identity. Through his characteristic lyricism, Sheard conveys the ache of desire and the lingering presence of longing, crafting poems that are both accurate and strange, like thermal images.
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