The Wind Dog: Poems

An outstanding collection of poems by Tom Paulin, one of Britain's most original poets and literary critics"o chitterin chatterin platinum lichtthe bow shall be in the cloudsand I will look upon itto remember the everlasting testamentbetween God and all that liveth upon earthwhatsoever flesh or faith it be--they may have turned Tyndale into tinderbut the bow he wrought lives highin this wet blue sky"--from "The Wind Dog"In the north of Ireland, a "wind dog" is a fragment of a rainbow, and in the title poem of this collection, it provides Tom Paulin with a perfect bridge into childhood and its "lingo-jingo of beginnings." The poem is a singing meditation on the life of the ear--"the only true reader"--and the meaning and music of both words and preverbal sounds are a recurring theme in this rich, cogent, and adventurous volume.