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Down Mexico way DEREK TURNER
Down Mexico way DEREK TURNER reads a fictional evocation of US-Mexican borderline personality disorder The Education of Hector Villa Chilton Williamson, Jr., Rockford, Illinois: Chronicles Press, 2012, pb. 208 “Roads fade out before you reach the line, And the signposts … Continue reading
Modernity in a medieval city
Modernity in a medieval city Modern Masters in Print, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, until 30 March, admission free Just down the hill from the superb Lincoln Cathedral is the Usher Gallery, the rather unlikely setting for this peripatetic V&A exhibition, which … Continue reading
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Land hunger, land anger
Land hunger, land anger The Field (1990) DEREK TURNER The Field opens in dramatic style. The setting is the rural west of Ireland, in 1965. A father and son are seen silhouetted at the top of a cliff, having dragged … Continue reading
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Tagged Brenda Fricker, Derek Turner, Frances Tomelty, Jim Sheridan, John B. Keane, Liam Daly, My Left Foot, Richard Harris, Sean Bean, The Field, Tom Berenger
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Reconnecting with Cavafy
Reconnecting with Cavafy DEREK TURNER reviews the latest tribute to Greece’s greatest modern poet Shades of Love – Photographs Inspired by the Poems of C. P. Cavafy Dimitris Yeros, poems translated by David Connolly, Insight Editions, San Francisco, 2010, 165 … Continue reading
The tide-watchers
The tide-watchers At the end of a sand-heaped lane A scene from Rembrandt – Worried lights clustered against hugeness; Lowlit men appraise an upraised ocean Boiling where a beach should be. Quiet speaking on a universal plain As wind … Continue reading
Cold constitutional
Cold constitutional On the ice-edge of the hill Gazing down grateful from verge of valley, Coming in across country, a splinter of winter – My feet hold fields. And today, I saw the sun so wonderfully die, The … Continue reading
Home life of a predator – scenes from a Leopard’s den
Home life of a predator – scenes from a Leopard’s den DEREK TURNER reviews the latest addition to the ever-growing field of ‘Leopardology’ Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa – A Biography Through Images Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, Alma Books, Richmond (Surrey), 2013, … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek Turner, Gioacchino Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian literature, Lampedusa, Sicily, The Leopard
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Monday night
Monday night The roundest moon was resting on our road, Making of the lane a silver stream – A chilly channel running from some Sea To carry its Tranquillity to me. I waded in those waters ‘til it … Continue reading
Photographs from last summer
Photographs from last summer I The blossoms of bindweed Strewn on Towton field like Meissen plates. Delicate dirt; if I turn them, Will there be crossed swords on their base? II Deer-prints point to the sea, Sharp-stepped, firm-pressed, precise; … Continue reading