poetry
(scroll down to read a poem from the newly published editions 3)
The full set of Steve Thorp’s stunning new editions poetry pamphlets is available to order with the publication of editions 3 and 4 in April 2009. The first two editions were published in Spring 2008, and were well received – selling well at shows and in galleries.Each beautifully produced pamphlet contains 20 original poems and features a different cover illustration by Mary Thorp. The pamphlets are rich in the themes of landscape, metaphor and the symbols of imagination, experience and belief.
Each pamphlet retails at £8.50* – but you can purchase all four editions costs only £28* – a substantial saving.
To purchase the booklets simply click here and go the marketplace, or download the editions leaflet 2009, fill in the form and send it with a cheque for the full amount plus £1 postage and packing per order, payable to creative thorp to: Editions subscriptions, creative thorp, 40, Bloxham Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9JN or email an order to: steve@creativethorp.com
If you’d like to book Steve for a poetry talk or reading – then contact him at steve@creativethorp.com
For Laurie Allman
The way she writes of Minnesota
Is how I would like to write my life:
Sparse and clear – a rich, wild landscape.
Her book sits grey in my hands,
A treasure – the weight just right,
Type-face wisely chosen, paper textured,
So even an eagle might soar
Above it and scribe its story.
On Lake Superior
The waves swell onto a shoreline,
Each one etched from a
Vision mirrored in clear fresh water
Through which, from her canoe,
She sees rocks shimmering forty feet below.
You could drown in the reflection
Of this vast, teeming ecology.
©Steve Thorp, 2008