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Field Days: An Anthology of Poetry Paperback – January 1, 1999

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Meadows and fields exist at the boundary where human endeavors meet the natural world. The poems in this collection are drawn from across centuries of a literary tradition that uses the pastoral landscape as setting for exploring complex and timeless questions about that encounter between human and non-human existence.
The poems were chosen as lyrical celebrations-or in some instances, eulogies-for fields, and for the old way of life that fields represent. Some of the poets evoke lullabies out of childhood memory; others beat archetypal time to the rhythm of work: plowing and sowing, haying and threshing. More recent poems document the increasingly uneasy coexistence of people and fields, witnessing the grim effects of development and careless use of once fertile hillsides and meadows.
This anthology brings together the work of more than ninety poets, ancient and modern, including:
Wendell Berry
William Blake
Robert Graves
Seamus Heaney
John Keats
Denise Levertov
Sylvia Plath
Christina Rossetti
Walt Whitman
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  1. Print length
    160 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Green Books
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    189013225X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1890132255
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Meadows and fields exist at the boundary where human endeavors meet the natural world. The poems in this collection are drawn from across centuries of a literary tradition that uses the pastoral landscape as setting for exploring complex and timeless questions about that encounter between human and non-human existence. The poems were chosen as lyrical celebrations-or in some instances, eulogies-for fields, and for the old way of life that fields represent. Some of the poets evoke lullabies out of childhood memory; others beat archetypal time to the rhythm of work: plowing and sowing, haying and threshing. More recent poems document the increasingly uneasy coexistence of people and fields, witnessing the grim effects of development and careless use of once fertile hillsides and meadows. This anthology brings together the work of more than ninety poets, ancient and modern, including: Wendell Berry; William Blake; Robert Graves; Seamus Heaney; John Keats; Denise Levertov; Sylvia Plath; Christina Rossetti, and Walt Whitman.

About the Author

Common Ground is a nonprofit organization that seeks to inspire people to remember the richness of everyday landscapes and to renew our emotional engagement with places as we learn to take better care of them. Visit the Common Ground website for more information (www.commonground.org.uk).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Green Books; Stated First Edition (January 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 189013225X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1890132255
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
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Jasmine P. Plant
5.0 out of 5 stars Field Days - Poems about the nature of our countryside.
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This is a beautiful collection of poems put together for a group called 'Common Ground', whose manifesto states "Fields are not factories - they are our unique and variegated expression of a long relationship with the land".
The poems reflect this love of the land and brings together work from famous and less well-known poets. It is a delight.
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