Making Beds for the Dead

by Gillian Clarke

The title sequence of Making the Beds for the Dead charts the journey of a virus in 'the plague year'. Come from outer space, it travels - on a fox's paw, the beak of a kite and a crow and a buzzard - into the very heart of our lives. The poet includes personal verses and stories from farmers in her family and neighbourhood. The open structure allows the Gillian Clarke to include her seven rock poems, written for the National Botanic Garden of Wales;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857547373
• ISBN13: 9781857547375
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.3"