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Philip Gross knows how to make silence and suggestion resonate...he touches an alien, intractable dimension ...Gross's poems are about lost bearings and blurred frontiers. --Terry Eagleton, Independent on Sunday
Haunting, vividly imagined poems, whose fierce intelligence is gentled by the sonorous grace of the language…A considerable poetic talent offers us an elegant and subtle re-evaluation of the modern world. --Sarah Crown, Guardian
Some of the poems are marvellous, not because they are brave about their subject, not even because of the technique on display, but because they are electrifyingly well observed and beautifully written. --David Morley, Poetry Review
Haunting, vividly imagined poems, whose fierce intelligence is gentled by the sonorous grace of the language…A considerable poetic talent offers us an elegant and subtle re-evaluation of the modern world. --Sarah Crown, Guardian
Some of the poems are marvellous, not because they are brave about their subject, not even because of the technique on display, but because they are electrifyingly well observed and beautifully written. --David Morley, Poetry Review
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A powerful and ambiguous body of water lies at the heart of these poems, with shoals and channels that change with the forty-foot tide. Even the name is fluid - from one shore, the Bristol Channel, from the other Mor Hafren, the Severn Sea. Philip Gross' meditations move with subtle steps between these shifting grounds and those of the man-made world, the aging body and that ever-present mystery, the self. Admirers of his work know each new collection is a new stage; this one marks a crossing into a new questioning, new clarity and depth.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Brilliance in poetry is no easy feat. Here are poems with edge and a distinctive voice, individual and appealing. There are poems with a polished, focused feel. They reveal and thrive upon a confidence the poet has developed over several worthy collections. Gross writes with energy, verve, a true love for language and the interruptions the extraordinary came make into the seemingly mundane. There are quiet poems and poems with a more abstract energy. This collection really needs to be read over time and re-read. Reflect and return. The well-crafted longer sequences stand out for me, as poetry that will always offer something to a reader over time. I prefer the poems with a present human insight, rather than those directly responding to a landscape, for example. If at times this books feels just a little too taut, a little honed, then perhaps the next collection will have a wider focus and be ever more revealing?
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Is this a high water mark for Philip Gross? Winning the T S Eliot prize is no mean feat. And you can see why it appealed to the judges. Gross's work is well crafted, intriguing and always with that capacity to take you by surprise. If you enjoyed his last collection, 'The Egg of Zero' you'll take to this one as a duck to water.
'The Water Table' is a themed collection based around the landscapes/seascapes of the Bristol Channel (Gross now lives in Penarth). It's all about blurred boundaries. Between sea and land. Between sea and sky. And liminal places in our own reactions, attitudes and relationships. A series of vignettes, 'Betweenland' I-X, punctuate the collection, expanding the theme. There are echoes from earlier collections - 'Yalta 1945' - a concrete poem in the shape of an 'Amphora' and a final, valedictory, rhyming 'Severn Song.'
It's a subtle collection that's growing on me. It ebbs and flows, shifts, somehow doesn't quite stay still.
'The Water Table' is a themed collection based around the landscapes/seascapes of the Bristol Channel (Gross now lives in Penarth). It's all about blurred boundaries. Between sea and land. Between sea and sky. And liminal places in our own reactions, attitudes and relationships. A series of vignettes, 'Betweenland' I-X, punctuate the collection, expanding the theme. There are echoes from earlier collections - 'Yalta 1945' - a concrete poem in the shape of an 'Amphora' and a final, valedictory, rhyming 'Severn Song.'
It's a subtle collection that's growing on me. It ebbs and flows, shifts, somehow doesn't quite stay still.
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THE WATER TABLE by Philip Gross
Loved the language and fluidity of `Poetic Form' used in `The Water Table'.
Philip Gross succeeds in:-
* Reflecting the moods and beauty of `The Seven Estuary'.
* Whilst simultaneously exploring `the journey through time of humanity'. including concerns for our future and that of planet earth.
* He invites the reader into inner reflections (of mind, body and spirit); therefore allowing opportunity to bridge that gap from Poetry and into deeper meditation.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is searching for an interesting and reflective read
Loved the language and fluidity of `Poetic Form' used in `The Water Table'.
Philip Gross succeeds in:-
* Reflecting the moods and beauty of `The Seven Estuary'.
* Whilst simultaneously exploring `the journey through time of humanity'. including concerns for our future and that of planet earth.
* He invites the reader into inner reflections (of mind, body and spirit); therefore allowing opportunity to bridge that gap from Poetry and into deeper meditation.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is searching for an interesting and reflective read
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