A remarkable collection about love, art, nature, and family, this book of poems observes with painterly precision the commonplaces of experience, creating landscapes of emotional range and intensity. Biography, history, and geography are interwoven in potent new forms: a lover's fragile caress, the skills of a dentist, the death of irony celebrated by crows, and a green tree burning in a red room. Novel experiences and ancient panoramas embolden the second and third sections of the book while two concluding sections offer expansive, rehabilitated vistas of a world that is haunting and new.

About the Author
Gerry McGrath was born and raised in Helensburgh, Scotland. He is a graduate of Strathclyde University and worked for several years as a teacher of modern languages. His first collection of poetry A to B (Carcanet) was published in 2008. In 2004 he was a winner of the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial Award and in 2007 received a New Writer's Bursary from the Scottish Arts Council. His poetry was included in the anthology New Poetries IV (Carcanet, 2007). He lives in North Ayrshire with his wife, Kate, and two sons, Liam and Owen

Reviews
Praise for A to B (Carcanet, 2008): "His clear eye and unfussy writing invite re-reading, and each page unveils another small epiphany." --Peggy Hughes, Scotland on Sunday



Book Information
ISBN 9781847771162
Author Gerry McGrath
Format Paperback
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd