Beyond the Drift

New & Selected Poems

By: David Scott

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Paperback | 24 April 2014

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272 Pages

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David Scott won the National Poetry Competition in 1978, and this new title draws on all the books he has published since then, from 'A Quiet Gathering' (1984) and 'Playing for England' (1989), to 'Selected Poems' (1998) and 'Piecing Together' (2005), with the addition of a whole collection of new poems. Springing from ordinary events, or a picture, or an aspect of the priestly life, David Scott's beautifully restrained poems work up the detail into a moment of significance. They are rooted in an English culture which is found not only in locality, but also in understatement, and the sideways look. But his poetry has wider reverberations, exploring spirituality and ways of praying as well as momentary glimpses of meaning caught in everyday life.

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'He is interested in the humble epiphanies associated with weathered objects and places: he seizes on the apparently insignificant but his sensual expansions are religious in tone. Quietly Scott's poems look out beyond themselves.' - George Szirtes, Critical Quarterly 'Immaculate poems - full of gentle, contemplative intelligence and a tenacious modesty - scrupulous, affectionate' - John Mole, Encounter. 'David Scott writes poems plain as pleasure: a pleasure in perception of the world, a pleasure in being human - There is one poem in this fine collection that really lets all the weather in, the epic and panoptic "Skelling Michael: A Pilgrimage" - the terrors of faith are made real and electric but, importantly, they are made human.' - David Morley, PN Review.

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