“One of the best debut poetry collections of recent
years” John Barnie
Here and the Water is a collection of lyrical poetry
inspired by the physical boundaries of the Welsh landscape and the fragile webs
that intertwine human relationships.
The poems express the struggle to accept the losses and
changes within the complexities of love, particularly between mother and
child. However, a fascination for the extraordinary within everyday life is
present throughout, making the losses more bearable and the changes as natural
as the seasons.
Inspired by loss, love and the
poet’s homeland of Wales,
her portrayal of family relationships, and of love and loneliness, is both
touching and incisive, and her engagement with the beauty and darkness of the
natural world, can be both sensuous and unsettling. But her experiences are
real and accessible ones, episodes and observations with which we can all
identify.
Sarah Coles was born and brought up in Swansea, and lives in
Dunvant with her three daughters. She gained a master’s degree in Creative
and Media Writing from Swansea
University and is
currently a teacher and PhD student. Writing poetry, fiction and reviews, her
work has appeared in Planet magazine. Sarah Coles was also one of the
contributors to the first ever Welsh national anthology of Haiku, Another Country: Haiku Poetry from
Wales, published by Gomer Press in 2011.
Here and the Water is available from
all good bookshops and online retailers.
For more information,
please visit www.gomer.co.uk