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Dart is a long-form poem about the river Dart in Devon. It follows the flow of the river from source to the sea whilst also exploring those we find along the river. Oswald uses the voices of real people she interviewed to inform the voices in her poem and the authenticity truly comes across, whilst weaving in mythic and historic cultural voices too. (Cont. in comments 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻)

This has been on my tbr forever - Alice Oswald‘s poem of Devon‘s River Dart from source to sea, told through the eyes of those who live, work and enjoy the river. It‘s refreshingly non-flowery/romantic - we hear the voices of poachers & sewage workers alongside chambermaids, wild swimmers & mythical characters. Audio, read by the author, was great.

I seem to be loving books that are super-local-to-me at the mo.

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Taking a little pause in The Poetry Bookshop on Hay. It‘s a wonderfully calming place with very nice chairs! We‘ve so far made it to 12 bookshops of Hays 27!

A song of the river Dart from source to sea, told in its own voice and also in those of fishermen, swimmers, walkers, poachers, ferrymen etc. who live and work on it. Alice Oswald says in her preface "all voices should be read as the river's mutterings".

I was happy letting it carry me along at its own pace and getting caught up in the eddies of the gorgeous writing. Lovely!

#poetrychallenge2018 @Natasha.C.Barnes

I was given this collection of poems by a dear friend. Outside my window a thick fog is covering everything and poetry is just what I need.