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. This Selected Poems was superseded by his later retrospective Beyond the Drift: New & Selected Poems (2014).
- ISBN13 9781852244262
- Publish Date 26 February 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 December 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 160
- Language English