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What is Earthshine about?

'Written around the time of my mothers death, these poems take the days weather as a starting-point before spinning off in their own directions. They express the effects of weather on my mood and imagination and a desire to reconnect with the animal self several are about small creatures, mostly real, some imaginary. The only person, apart from the speaker, that appears in these poems is the figure of my mother. Her absence, echoing her absence in my childhood, seems now, as then, to have intensified my relationship with the natural world the huge presences of sky, stars, sun, moon, and the smaller presences of flora and fauna. By way of elegising my mothers death, I celebrate these living companions. Although they have a sad undertow, I hope the poems are light and playful without denying the dark and dangers in the wider world.' Mimi Khalvati, 2013

Author

Mimi Khalvati

Publisher

Smith/doorstop Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781906613877

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.81 / 5 (57 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14