The Shapes of Light

Rediscovering poetry in a post-poetic age

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Cover of the book The Shapes of Light by Ian McFarlane, Ginninderra Press
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Author: Ian McFarlane ISBN: 9781760411374
Publisher: Ginninderra Press Publication: May 8, 2016
Imprint: Ginninderra Press Language: English
Author: Ian McFarlane
ISBN: 9781760411374
Publisher: Ginninderra Press
Publication: May 8, 2016
Imprint: Ginninderra Press
Language: English

Why has poetry fallen so sadly by the literary wayside of our hectic digital age? An age, if ever there was one, needing the kind of humanising empathy that readable (and quotable) poetry can provide. One of the central problems facing poetry today is that we seem to have forgotten (in some cases, perhaps deliberately) its link to the emotional cadence of music, and when that link is broken the light fails. These ‘shapes of light’ seek rediscovery, and their only claim is one of honesty – emotionally, intellectually and spiritually.

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Why has poetry fallen so sadly by the literary wayside of our hectic digital age? An age, if ever there was one, needing the kind of humanising empathy that readable (and quotable) poetry can provide. One of the central problems facing poetry today is that we seem to have forgotten (in some cases, perhaps deliberately) its link to the emotional cadence of music, and when that link is broken the light fails. These ‘shapes of light’ seek rediscovery, and their only claim is one of honesty – emotionally, intellectually and spiritually.

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