Myth Gatherers
Myth Gatherers
Praise for Myth Gatherers:
Steve Nash’s poems are addresses, interventions, quest ions, complaints, agreements, ruminations, conclusions… concerning stories that have been long forgotten, or not yet invented. The ease and audacity with which he speaks in figures lets him take hold of all the scattered materials that present themselves and re-write them into a larger scale of experience.
‘With a single laugh like a thunderclap
you shape your mouth to a hollow, howl your new name,
and a crow flies out, skittering into the wind.’
- Peter Riley
Steve Nash's poems are desire paths, inviting us to find our own way through the rich, surreal, tender landscape he invokes, a world where silences are coloured in pencil, valleys brim with 'intoxicating uncertainty' and darkness is a benediction. From a Dear John letter to Leeds ring road to lyrical incantations and hymns to ghost stations, these poems enchant and enthral.
- Helen Mort