Semblances
Published by ELM VILLAGE ARTS
104 pages. Paperback @ £4.99: Kindle version available from Amazon @ £2.99.
ISBN: 978-1-9160457-7-4
Reviewing an earlier publication of E.C.Gardiner’s poetry an American critic wrote: “The most intriguing aspect of this collection is the unique and masterful manner in which he so completely assumes a varied voice” – pointing to the poet’s “rare skill to alter the technical elements of his writing to suit each specific poem. This is high praise.” Semblances will delight with further demonstrations of that diversity in these distinctive and engaging poems to reflect on.
Amores
Published by ELM VILLAGE ARTS
77 pages. Paperback @ £4.99: Kindle version available from Amazon @ £2.99
ISBN 978-1-9160457-6-7
In this collection of more than fifty sonnets, E.C.Gardiner has taken a traditional form and made it contemporary, with surprising variety and innovation within that form. These are sonnets which explore varying aspects and themes of love and loving. There are occasions of quiet reflection, of sadness, of great joy, and of a wonderful humour all embodied in language which perfectly captures the moment. The technical skills and poetic sensibility to create these varying expressions are greatly impressive, and combine to produce truly outstanding poems of love and loving.
Re-tellings
Stories from John Gowers’s Confessio Amantis (Confessions of a Lover), first manuscript 1390.
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