'Whoopers in April'
My poem, 'Whoopers in April', published in poetry anthology, Summer Anywhere. This was a commission, whereby the publisher approached me directly. The poem is inspired by the sight of a dead whooper swan, seen in a field on the island of Sanday in Orkney; a contemplation of nature, death,...
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Dreich
2021
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| Online Access: | http://radar.gsa.ac.uk/8271/ http://radar.gsa.ac.uk/8271/1/NaliniPaul%20Whoopers%20in%20April.pdf https://hybriddreich.co.uk/summer-anywhere/ |
| Summary: | My poem, 'Whoopers in April', published in poetry anthology, Summer Anywhere. This was a commission, whereby the publisher approached me directly. The poem is inspired by the sight of a dead whooper swan, seen in a field on the island of Sanday in Orkney; a contemplation of nature, death, transience and the transformative potential of poetry. It considers potential interactions between the dead and the living, as 'swans ghost the landscape'; infusing an interaction with 'natural' landscapes with Derrida's notion of hauntology. |
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