Cosmic Disco by Grace Nichols
A sparkling galaxy of new poems by one of the UK’ s most exciting contemporary poets. From Aurora Borealis, Sun – You’ re a Star and A Matter of Holes, to Lady Winter’ s Rap, the Earthworm Sonnet and You – a Universe Yourself, this is brilliant poetry with an astonishing range – comic riddles, animals and nature, home truths and the explosive wonder of the cosmos.
'Award-winning Grace Nichols creates all the moods evoked by the title in this beautiful anthology which lightly captures the wonder of the world … Every poem is a delight in itself while together they give readers a newly painted world'
‘A super collection of lively new poems from one of our foremost poets... Brilliant poetry with an astonishing range... The poems really convey the magnificence of the universe.’
'Award-winning Grace Nichols creates all the moods evoked by the title in this beautiful anthology which lightly captures the wonder of the world … Every poem is a delight in itself while together they give readers a newly painted world.'
‘ A super collection of lively new poems from one of our foremost poets... Brilliant poetry with an astonishing range... The poems really convey the magnificence of the universe.’
GRACE NICHOLS was born and brought up in Guyana, but has lived in the UK since 1977. Her first poetry collection for adults, I is a Long-Memoried Woman, won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and was dramatised for radio and film. Since then Grace has written many highly regarded poetry books for adults and children. Her children’s books include Come on into my Tropical Garden, Everybody Got a Gift and Paint me a Poem, inspired by art in the Tate Galleries, where she was poet in residence. Grace Nichols lives in Lewes, Sussex, with her husband, the poet John Agard.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847803986 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847803989 |
| Title | Cosmic Disco |
| Author | Grace Nichols |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2013-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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