Maskwork

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    Abstract

    In Gregory Leadbetter?s second poetry collection, Maskwork, mystery, theatre and ritual combine to reveal rather than to disguise. The mask, in these resonant poems, acts as a way of becoming, seeing, and knowing ? granting access to altered states and otherworlds hidden within and beyond ourselves. Here, language itself becomes an animating magic, connecting humans to our ecological roots. The spirit of revival, renaissance, new birth and rebirth haunts this book: and at its core, the idea of poetry itself as a form of learning ? an art and a mystery ? runs like a quicksilver thread throughout, between the elusive and the certain. Leadbetter?s meticulously attuned lyrical poetry tells of the transformative experience of knowing, a dynamic state of being that forever alters both the knower and the known.
    Original languageEnglish
    Place of PublicationRugby
    PublisherNine Arches Press
    ISBN (Print)9781913437039
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - 24 Sept 2020

    Keywords

    • Poetry Collection

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