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"Bob Beagrie writes like an anthropologist reporting from the rain-forests of his native Teesside, creeping through the thick undergrowth of everyday language . . . Combining myth and social realism, his long-awaited first collection ranges from the arcades to Arcadia, Buffalo Bill to Gogmagog, Captain Cook to Les Murray." - Andy Croft "Bob Beagrie's poems takes us through the crack in the mirror, into the branches of the bonsai, over the river at midnight, and bring us back enlightened; here are the city maps, the guides to childbirth and the pages of the caledar we ought to consult. Bob Beagrie writes with power and a determination to reveal all that lies hidden, while celebrating the world that gets in the way. It is through this paradox that he speaks to us with such humanity and warmth." - Jacob Polley "Bob Beagrie is a poet whose language is energetic and strongly crafted. The poetry is uncompromisingly rooted in his world but takes off with playfulness and passion into the surprising breadth and depth of his vision of it. He takes what he's given and makes it new, enticing us to work pleasurably at seeing and tasting the characters, objects and words around us until we share in his sharp and generous interpretation of them. His poems tell it like it is because they comprehend how it was. They are available to a wide audience because they share Miguel Torga's perception that 'the universal is the local without walls'." Bob Beagrie has worked as a writer, community artist and creative writing tutor across Teesside and the North East. He regularly collaborates with other artists and musicians and is a core member of the experimental arts collective Heterogloss. His text often escapes from the page and has been incorporated into public sculpture and signage throughout the Tees Valley. Bob Beagrie is the winner of the 2002 Biscuit Poetry Prize, a national competition run from Tyne & Wear to support new writers and new writing. This is his first full collection. £5.95
paperback ISBN 1-903914-08-06 |
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