Landing Light

In these poems, Paterson guides readers down the labyrinths of their most private emotions. Ceaselessly inquiring and deftly tuned into the emotional cackle of the world, Paterson explores the swings of light and dark that mark out troubling feelings. CONTENTS ......Page 7 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Luing......Page 11 St Brides: Sea-Mail......Page 12 Sliding on Loch Ogil......Page 14 Waking with Russell......Page 15 The Thread......Page 16 Incunabula......Page 17 America......Page 18 The Forest of the Suicides......Page 19 The Hunt......Page 25 Letter to the Twins......Page 28 A Fraud......Page 31 The Reading......Page 33 A Talking Book......Page 36 The Rat......Page 42 Form......Page 43 The Box......Page 44 The Last Waltz......Page 45 The Shut-in......Page 49 Web......Page 50 The Boat......Page 51 The Bandaged Shoulder......Page 52 My Love......Page 53 A Gift......Page 55 The Wreck......Page 56 The Alexandrian Library......Page 57 Twinflooer......Page 67 Palm......Page 70 Archaic Torso of Apollo......Page 71 The Long Story......Page 72 '96 ......Page 77 Colophon......Page 78 The Sea at Brighton......Page 80 The Light......Page 81 The Black Box......Page 82 The Landing......Page 89 Zen Sang at Dayligaun......Page 91 The White Lie......Page 92 This collection of poetry from Don Paterson guides us down the labyrinths of our deepest and most private concerns. Paterson explores the swings of light and dark that mark our troubled feelings, including utterance and silence, disclosure and concealment, and the need for renewal and finality.