"Looking at this collection, Sweet Dust And Growling Lambs, I think I can perceive a few recurrent themes. The first relates to mythology, in a broad, story-telling kind of fashion. Of recent years, 'myths' have been regarded as universal, because archetypal, repositories of human experience. From there, it's a short step to the idea of 'fusion', of combining elements from different cultures in a single work. This is most familiar in music. In my poem The 'Confession' Of Gerald, for example, the Celtic story of Elidorus and his meeting with the fairy folk is developed by way of a Buddhist teaching story." (Phil Maillard)
- ISBN10 1905700830
- ISBN13 9781905700837
- Publish Date 15 September 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 6 May 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Shearsman Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 148
- Language English