The Mirror Hurlers

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Discover the enchanting world of poetry with 'The Mirror Hurlers,' a powerful collection by Ross Gillett that spans various poetic forms and themes. This captivating book includes traditional verse forms, meticulously crafted free verse, extended explorations, and a plethora of shorter poems. Delve into rich themes covering family and childhood, love and jealousy, and transcendent encounters with the elemental forces of land, sea, sky, and weather. Gillett's unique poetic sensibility is both visionary and warm, interwoven with a trademark humor that invites readers into deep reflection.

Brimming with intensity, complexity, and clarity, these poems are characterized by a strong rhythmic life that captures the essence of human experience. Critics have hailed Gillett’s work as masterful, where even the ordinary is transformed into something profound. One reviewer notes, 'These are brave poems that take off into unknown spaces,' illustrating the boundless creativity within these pages. Each poem, infused with emotional depth, brings alive the textures of our connection to the world around us.

With excellent craftsmanship and attentiveness to both mood and imagery, Gillett's 'The Mirror Hurlers' invites readers on a journey of shared experience, where every turn of phrase and every carefully chosen word resonates deeply. Perfect for poetry lovers and new readers alike, this collection is a treasure to explore and cherish.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781925780260. Year: 2019. Publisher: Puncher and Wattmann.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925780260
Year: 2019
Publisher: Puncher and Wattmann


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In this powerful collection Ross Gillett covers a wide poetic landscape — traditional verse forms, carefully honed free verse, exploratory long sequences and a wealth of shorter poems. He covers an equally wide range of experience: family and childhood, love and jealousy, and quietly metaphysical encounters with the energies of land, sea, sky and weather.

The sensibility revealed in these poems is visionary, warm, and often humorous. Here are the best poems produced in the last ten years by a writer committed to a poetry of intensity, complexity and clarity — a rare trio of qualities based on a strong rhythmic life and an ability to go deep in search of the uniquely true image.

'These are brave poems that take off into unknown spaces. So deftly phrased, they make the timeless intimate, and the clouds, winds, beaches and rivers timeless.' — Catherine de Saint Phalle

'It's as if 'the branches of the earth were holding us up' in this elemental poetry of such warmth and elegance that, in the end, one is simply blown away.' — Paul Croucher

'These are poems that take us to the limit. Gillett's poetry embraces the elements and our own frailty as we intersect with the world and each other. Whether set in a boy's bedroom or a blustery beach, this poetry allows us to be there, attuned to sounds and textures and the great movements of the human heart.' — Anne Gleeson

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