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Book SynopsisA new book of poetry from a leading poet and broadcaster
Trade Review"Winnie-the-Pooh never explains what he means by 'the noise-you-make-before-beginning-a-piece-of-poetry'. But in this glorious gallimaufry Stewart Henderson allows us an insight into 'the noise-the-poet-makes-before-writing-one'. A Poet's Notebook gives us a glimpse inside the mind and the muse of the poet, the rhapsodic rattlebag from which each individual poem coalesces out of chaos." - Paul Vallely, former executive editor of The Independent on Sunday and author of bestselling biography, Pope Francis: Untying The Knots
"What Michael Morpurgo has done for children's fiction, Henderson has done for poetry"- Melanie Carroll, The Church Times
"Stewart has the capacity to engage naturally and touch deeply- He makes it look effortless"- Christine Morgan, Head of Radio, BBC Religion and Ethics
"He understands the packed power of words; the importance of their use and measure"- Gillian Reynolds, radio critic, The Sunday Times
"Essential reading" - The Sunday Times
Table of ContentsCONTENTS
Foreword 9
Acknowledgments 13
About This Book 14
1 Eyes Down 17
2 “Tragedy, ecstasy, doom” 24
3 Breakages 31
4 Anfield, Winter – 1960 39
5 Under the Clock 46
6 Blind Date 55
7 This is How it is 63
8 How Clatter is the World 70
9 Even When Wounded… 80
10 Somewhere in the Library 88
11 The Mind’s Not What it Was 97
12 Lesson Plan 104
13 … Be the… 114
14 The Avenue 123
15 Occupy 131
16 Any Seconds…? 139
17 Everything in Heaven Comes Apart 147
18 Thunder and Rainbows 157
19 Consideration / I Wish You… 164
20 The Cats of Jerusalem 173
21 I Have Grown an Old Man’s Skin 182
Bibliography and References 187
