Books
Jigsaw (2022)
'David Underdown's third Cinnamon collection ranges from the cosmic to the domestic but all characterised by acute observation and relish for the many oddities and poignancies of existence.'
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'passion for the natural world permeates his poetry... a life affirming and compassionate collection'
(Mike Di Placido in The High Window)
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Time of Their Lives (2022)
Starting in black and white and finishing in full colour The Time of Their Lives is a sequence of poems responding to old family photographs. Each poem is accompanied by the original image on the facing page and the book is dedicated to ’the grandfather I never knew’.
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Snig (2021)
The poet snags your attention with precisely noted phrases ... as he shares encounters with birds and insects, swans, owls, lapwing; with sculptures, and stories of, say, a house whose frontage has collapsed to reveal its small secrets to the world.
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A Sense of North (2019)
Praise for A Sense of North:
Firmly grounded poems that journey naturally from intimate family close-ups . . . to wider perspectives, longer views of what it takes to be human.
- Michael Laskey
Watchful poems . . . he is a walker. Walking, you get things by heart, very closely. And paths lead away beyond the local, into the lives of readers wherever they may be.
- David Constantine
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Time Lines (2011)
‘Time Lines traces an arc from coming-of-age to maturity . . . Beautifully crafted, humanely observed and with an ear for both the muscularity and lyricism of language, Time Lines is a richly rewarding debut collection.’
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‘Beautiful poetry full of remembered experiences and times past. A strong link with nature enhanced by an ability to manipulate language to create sophisticated imagery.’
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‘Never obscure, it turns over small pieces of common experience . . . revealing the wealth of meaning that lies within them.’
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Time Lines is currently out of print though copies are available on Amazon or from a small stock held by the author. Read a review.