Ver Poets on Mirror Lake
I have always found David's poetry interesting and affecting. Some of his poems bring that 'oh gosh' sigh deep from the stomach, such is his honesty in writing about difficult emotions.
I have always found David's poetry interesting and affecting. Some of his poems bring that 'oh gosh' sigh deep from the stomach, such is his honesty in writing about difficult emotions.
This is a collection shaped and shot through with Van-Cauter’s grief and reflections on the illness and death of his beloved wife.
Mirror Lake is dedicated to the poet’s late wife, Julia, and variations on the theme of loss appear throughout his pamphlet, which delves deep into personal experience.
We're very excited to announce an evening of poetry from our three new poets: Gareth Writer-Davies, Simon Cockle and David Van-Cauter. Each will be reading from their latest collections plus a selection of their other work.
In the title poem of this accomplished and often deeply moving collection, David Van-Cauter asks ‘Were we here, or were we only passing through?’ The answer is, of course, both.
In the title poem of this accomplished and often deeply moving collection, David Van-Cauter asks ‘Were we here, or were we only passing through?’
Extract from my blog…...Written towards the end of my round-the-world trip, which inspired several of the poems… Relaxing in Vancouver with overcast weather, reminding me of home, less than two…