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The Auchensale Trilogy
Far Field
Far Field is the third and final book in The Auchensale Trilogy, a series of poetry cycles capturing the changing rural landscape of the West of Scotland. Following on from its predecessors Black Cart and Bale Fire, the book consists of three cycles bound together by footers.
A number of poems in the early part of the book are in response to paintings by the Glasgow Boys particularly those painted during their time spent in agricultural communities. Many of the poems are highly personal with a number about family members. These include a series of elegies for his late father. It also focuses on the present day looking to the challenges ahead for the family farm and that passing baton to the next generation.
A number of poems in the early part of the book are in response to paintings by the Glasgow Boys particularly those painted during their time spent in agricultural communities. Many of the poems are highly personal with a number about family members. These include a series of elegies for his late father. It also focuses on the present day looking to the challenges ahead for the family farm and that passing baton to the next generation.
118 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 20, 2023
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About the author
Jim Carruth
20 books4 followersJim Carruth (b.1963) is poet laureate of Glasgow. He is the founder and chair of St. Mungo's Mirrorball, the Glasgow network of poets. His collection, Black Cart, the first part of the Auchensale Trilogy, was published in 2017.
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April 16, 2023
The final book in a trilogy based around the Renfrewshire cattle farm where Jim Carruth grew up.
In the previous books there had been a lot of foreboding. Concern about the difficulties of keeping on going. This book is warmer, full of wry smiles and happy memories.
The earlier poems are inspired by several well known rural paintings by the "Glasgow Boys", but bringing the people pictured to life. That is what all these poems do, place real people in our agricultural, rural world. Often so near to us, and usually unseen.
In the previous books there had been a lot of foreboding. Concern about the difficulties of keeping on going. This book is warmer, full of wry smiles and happy memories.
The earlier poems are inspired by several well known rural paintings by the "Glasgow Boys", but bringing the people pictured to life. That is what all these poems do, place real people in our agricultural, rural world. Often so near to us, and usually unseen.
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