After the Miracle by Richard Meier biography Virginia Astley’s book is doing

Virginia Astley’s book is doing something different - more personal

in the same way Wittgenstein’s early philosophy attempted to mirror the structure of reality with the structure of language

for the next few centuries at least

In more than sixty new poems

The social structures that marginalise people and their experiences are seen as embodied in the language structures and conventions rigidified in traditional poetic and prosaic structures

After the Miracle by Richard Meier biography Virginia Astley’s book is doingThe circumstances from which this third collection emerged were difficult. The resulting poems, however, are as clear and pure as water from its source. Theres pain here, yes, but also exuberance and joy. In one sequence influenced by Japanese forms, the poet shows his skill in compressed understatement. But his style has always been to make much out of little and to find beauty in plain speaking. He even dares to write from the heart.