Riverain by Robert Powell #love They express a yearning for

They express a yearning for a state of primordial purity and an awareness of destructive forces which the self must confront

journalistic and colloquial

Published by Enitharmon Press on 09

is there a need for such a book

which - for all their open dealings with death and illness - are primarily a celebration of what is treasurable and memorable in our time here

Riverain by Robert Powell #love They express a yearning forIn Riverain, poet Robert Powell takes us on a journey through reality and metaphor, partly inspired by the two rivers that meet in his adopted home city of York: the Ouse and Foss. Sometimes dreamlike, combining gravity and humour with the personal and the political, this diverse and deeply visual collection moves with a strong narrative flow, taking in love, mortality, family, consumerism, literature and art as it goes. Subtly moored by its theme,