White Eye Of The Needle

Poŝlibro, 64 paĝoj

Lingvo: English

Eldonita de The Choir Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-78963-181-4

(1 recenzo)

White Eye of the Needle is the second collection of poems by Chris Campbell, following his book Bread Rolls and Dresden, published by The Choir Press in 2013. This collection, written over six years, looks at the riches of life, its adventures and patterns. These 25 poems are united in their aim to challenge comforts and hardships as they cover themes of love, family and hope.

Observational in tone, the poems explore connections with those around us, old and new, from loved ones to strangers who pass by. They focus on human - and sometimes animal - nature, special moments, relationships over time, and detail the strength and beauty of those ties, when so much can feel out of our hands.

The book also touches on romance, marriage, the birth of a nephew, passing of a grandad, and recent experiences through lockdown and restrictions, as it seeks to find meaning …

White Eye of the Needle is the second collection of poems by Chris Campbell, following his book Bread Rolls and Dresden, published by The Choir Press in 2013. This collection, written over six years, looks at the riches of life, its adventures and patterns. These 25 poems are united in their aim to challenge comforts and hardships as they cover themes of love, family and hope.

Observational in tone, the poems explore connections with those around us, old and new, from loved ones to strangers who pass by. They focus on human - and sometimes animal - nature, special moments, relationships over time, and detail the strength and beauty of those ties, when so much can feel out of our hands.

The book also touches on romance, marriage, the birth of a nephew, passing of a grandad, and recent experiences through lockdown and restrictions, as it seeks to find meaning in places, at a time when we've all been forced to slow down and reflect. The collection was put together in Nottingham and includes pieces from the author's time in Bristol, London, Swansea, Glasgow and Gloucestershire, plus visits abroad including a honeymoon in Madagascar and trips to Tignes, France.

1 eldono

Stephanie Jane recenzis White Eye Of The Needle de Chris Campbell

Evocative illustrated poetry

4 steloj

For a relatively compact collection, White Eye Of The Needle surprised me with its breadth of themes and emotions. The twenty-five poems, all composed during the past six years, tell a story that was very familiar to me and, I imagine, will strike a chord with many other readers: of a life where the travel experiences which were vitally important are suddenly and drastically curtailed by Covid restrictions, yet new joys are found in the everyday moments that previously had been overlooked. I loved Campbell's evocations of sun-drenched overseas locations, especially those I could recognise from my own wanderings. Evans' line-drawn illustrations perfectly capture the moods and memories to which the poems allude making White Eye Of The Needle a truly collaborative work. The poems and the illustrations would stand individually, but their presence together gives the collection an extra lift which I found particularly satisfying.