Folklore

by Tim Atkins

Presents a realist poem sequence which extends and challenges the tradition of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, John Clare's visionary lyrics, the elegiac minimalism of AE Houseman, contemporary work of Geoffrey Hill, and linguistic innovation of Gertrude Stein and the language poets.

Genres: Poetry

72 pages, Hardcover

First published September 8, 2008

About the author

Tim Atkins is a British poet, editor, and lecturer in creative writing at the University of East London. His works include 1000 Sonnets (if p then q 2010) and Folklore (Salt 2008).

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

This sequence is like a dream. The power of the Malvern Hills shines through the narrator into the reader. It does magical things, blurring the lines between real and imagined. You never fully know what is happening. Once it finishes the reader wakes up, never understanding what they have read.

[Maja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beautiful, but at times too enigmatic.

[Katy Bruce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant, love it just much as I did when he began writing it here, in this room many years ago :-)