The Field in Winter by David Clarke The Nameless Places Alexander Tvardovsky

Alexander Tvardovsky

but no one now would dismiss his work for that

with its  delightful mixture of subversion and levity

aging and establishing self-identity in a constantly updating world

Amanda Addison

The Field in Winter by David Clarke The Nameless Places Alexander TvardovskyThe Field in Winter, the third collection of poetry by David Clarke, winner of the Michael Marks Award, elegantly reflects on memory, time, and the very particular landscape of grieving. The book takes the form of a calendar of grief, exploring ageing, losing a parent, and how we manage the changing nature of things. A poem from previous collection, The Europeans, was selected by the Guardian as a Poem of the Week. The collection was also reviewed in