Together they illuminate key ideas about poetic composition and also his understanding of his journey from prose writer to poet
exploration of the great abroad
where dramatic imagery of the horses blends and contrasts with the tragic fate of Europe during World War One
into the harbours of despair
with an excerpt from his debut novel
The World Shouldering I Suleman Taufiq Together they illuminate key ideasJames Ragan is an internationally recognised poet who has been praised by Pulitzer winner Henry Taylor as a snake charmer whose words work real magic. In his newest collection, Ragan hails the imagination: I am the skys shadow wish writing this only to breathe its light. Shouldering the burdens of a beleaguered world, facing a dangerous future, Ragan presents a gallery of marvels poems of nature, love, jazz, and family, echoing the likes of Heaney,