Nightshift Workers by George Charlton
'George Charlton's poetry does more than touch on the harsh realities of life in the modern industrial city. Instead, his writing issues from somewhere very close to the warm, affectionate and wholehearted centre of the Tyneside and Northumberland where he lives. It is a generous poetry, urban in its awareness of lives other than his own, as well as industrial dynasties, work, imperial foolishness and a manipulative economy; and it is natural in its perceptions of 'the slick regimes of leaf'. It is also maritime in its recognitions of the Tyne's business with the sea and ships. It is an unfussy, clear poetry, but often mysterious in its lyricism. For all its rootedness, it is far from regional, but a poetry of place and community in which a perceiving self gasps to understand the everyday and its resonances. I recommend it.' - Douglas Dunn
The North East of England would have many claims for Laureate, but I'd put my money on the quiet but unforgettable voice of George Charlton-- Ian McMillan * Poetry Review *
George Charlton's poetry does more than touch on the harsh realities of life in the modern industrial city. Instead, his writing issues from somewhere very close to the warm, affectionate and wholehearted centre of the Tyneside and Northumberland where he lives. It is a generous poetry, urban in its awareness of lives other than his own, as well as industrial dynasties, work, imperial foolishness and a manipulative economy; and it is natural in its perceptions of 'the slick regimes of leaf'. It is also maritime in its recognitions of the Tyne's business with the sea and ships. It is an unfussy, clear poetry, but often mysterious in its lyricism. For all its rootedness, it is far from regional, but a poetry of place and community in which a perceiving self gasps to understand the everyday and its resonances. I recommend it. -- Douglas Dunn
George Charlton's poetry does more than touch on the harsh realities of life in the modern industrial city. Instead, his writing issues from somewhere very close to the warm, affectionate and wholehearted centre of the Tyneside and Northumberland where he lives. It is a generous poetry, urban in its awareness of lives other than his own, as well as industrial dynasties, work, imperial foolishness and a manipulative economy; and it is natural in its perceptions of 'the slick regimes of leaf'. It is also maritime in its recognitions of the Tyne's business with the sea and ships. It is an unfussy, clear poetry, but often mysterious in its lyricism. For all its rootedness, it is far from regional, but a poetry of place and community in which a perceiving self gasps to understand the everyday and its resonances. I recommend it. -- Douglas Dunn
George Charlton was born in 1950 in Gateshead. His first book-length collection, Nightshift Workers, was published by Bloodaxe in 1989. City of Dog (1984), his second book of poems, was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852240707 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852240709 |
| Title | Nightshift Workers |
| Author | George Charlton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloodaxe Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1989-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
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