Publisher's Synopsis
This new collection of poems by author James Graham capture places...from the 'scrambled heart' of the city to the haunted stone circle on the moor...they travel in time, penetrating 'the darkness at both ends of time'...poems that are inspired by the fleeting meetings we all experience daily. 'We are always new to the world' the poet says. 'In old age we are still strangers'. And often the voice here seems that of a benign alien intelligence, astonished at the world and some of its strange customs, longing to reduce at least some of the 'famous' to anonymity and celebrate those whom the grand narratives of history have left in obscurity. Yet alongside the grand themes in this eclectic collection, the poet touches on the most familiar, everyday things...a blackbird in the garden, children in a school playground, a pub that was closed when it really should have been open...This short collection is remarkably wide-ranging...poetry that will touch many readers.
