Grimalkin & Other Poems

The poems in Grimalkin — Thomas Lynch's first publication in Britain are all concerned, in one way or another, with achieving a balance in the face of gravity. In each poem, Lynch is looking for this equilibrium between equal and opposing forces: the gravities of sex and death, love and grief — all the things that make us breathless and horizontal, mortal and memorable.

By means of a wry, mordant wit, telling observation and glorious poise, we are shown the strong tensions that make us human: the forces in our nature that create, replicate, restore, renew us; and those that kill us, constrict our lives, silence us. From spirited invective to meditations on morality, from lyrics of love and desire to a corrosive flyting to his ex-wife, these poems explore an extraordinary emotional range and technical facility but, more importantly, they reveal a compassionate, wise, and genial humanity.

• Author
• Thomas Lynch

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 80

• Publisher
• Jonathan Cape

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-224-03973-4

• EAN
• 9780224039734

• Genres
• poetry

• Release date
• 1994