Selected Poems by Colette Bryce Summer Special Commendation Mark Eisner Poetry Book Society Special Commendation

Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Summer 2017

‘One of the fascinating aspects of this anthology is to note the cross currents and influences that have shaped the poetry included in it and to see how a legitimate desire to preserve one’s roots does not necessarily cut one off from the wider world

Here is CK Williams

and life’s losing struggle with the gravity of nature

If I wanted to talk about Proust's poetry beyond the basic level of talking about his language - if I wanted to talk about the poetry of his thought - then the best way to do it might be to write a poem

Selected Poems by Colette Bryce <b> Summer Special Commendation </b> Mark Eisner Poetry Book Society Special CommendationPoetry Book Society Special Commendation Summer 2017 Selected Poems draws together the best of Colette Bryce's highly acclaimed and prize winning collections; including The Heel of Bernadette (2000), winner of the Aldeburgh Prize, The Full Indian Rope Trick (2004), short listed for the T. S. Eliot Prize and The Whole & Rain domed Universe, shortlisted for the Forward Prize and winner of the Ewart Biggs Prize. Moving from the melodic to the political,