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...Now, using your finger

as the unit, get the exact measurement of the dead.

Once done, have your anatomy books bound.

Next time out, remember boots, stockings, and comb,

wrapping paper and pens, a skin for your chest,

and a pair of snug, tight-fingered gloves for hands.

from ‘The Great Artist’s To-Do List’

Fallen warriors, a conquistador, a cat; an 1815 namesake; a father, a mother, a childhood rhyme; a boxer, an explorer, a stuffed Welsh fish… Frieze entertains a host of shadows, all the dead who inhabit our lives. It is at once elegy and exploration. Attending to experiences of childhood and the workings of history, the poet discovers the ways in which we mark time and are subject to time in our lives. At the heart of the process is the poem itself, with its capacity for expression and the space it provides for reflection, precision and beauty.

Falling Warrior

Trooper

Footage

Hero

Tattoo

Curlicue

Messages

Frieze

Correspondence

Blue Bud

In Tagore’s The Gardener

The Fir Tree

Tumbling

Dip Dip Dip

Gwyniad

Face

China

The Cocky Watchman

Lone Star

Privet

Float

April

Childwall

On the Road Outside Our House

One o’clock

Cherry-Blossom Time

Cricket

Purplue Writing

Pantoufles

Bird, Bird

Bird Book

Googling

Fact

Vanilla

Doubles

Legerdemain

Answering Back

Look-Out

The Great Artist’s To-Do List

John Whale is the Director of the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. He is the author of two collections of poetry, Waterloo Teeth and Frieze, both published by Carcanet/Northern House. Waterloo Teeth was shortlisted for the Forward Prize's Felix Dennis Prize for best first collection. He is Managing Editor of ... read more

Praise for John Whale 'I loved this book, clever and culturedand steeped in the era of the Romantics.'
Suzi Feay 'mixes verbal originality... with sympathetic clarity and seriousness: poems that matter.'
Bernard O'Donoghue

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Frieze John Whale Categories: 21st Century, British Imprint: Northern House Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (80 pages) (Pub. Sep 2013) 9781847772398 Out of Stock Description Excerpt Author Contents Reviews ...Now, using your finger as the unit, get the exact measurement of the dead. Once done, have your anatomy books bound. Next time out, remember boots, stockings, and comb, wrapping paper and pens, a skin for your chest, and a pair of snug, tight-fingered gloves for hands. from ‘The Great Artist’s To-Do List’ Fallen warriors, a conquistador, a cat; an 1815 namesake; a father, a mother, a childhood rhyme; a boxer, an explorer, a stuffed Welsh fish… *Frieze* entertains a host of shadows, all the dead who inhabit our lives. It is at once elegy and exploration. Attending to experiences of childhood and the workings of history, the poet discovers the ways in which we mark time and are subject to time in our lives. At the heart of the process is the poem itself, with its capacity for expression and the space it provides for reflection, precision and beauty. Falling Warrior Trooper Footage Hero Tattoo Curlicue Messages Frieze Correspondence Blue Bud In Tagore’s The Gardener The Fir Tree Tumbling Dip Dip Dip Gwyniad Face China The Cocky Watchman Lone Star Privet Float April Childwall On the Road Outside Our House One o’clock Cherry-Blossom Time Cricket Purplue Writing Pantoufles Bird, Bird Bird Book Googling Fact Vanilla Doubles Legerdemain Answering Back Look-Out The Great Artist’s To-Do List John Whale is the Director of the University of Leeds Poetry Centre. He is the author of two collections of poetry, Waterloo Teeth and Frieze, both published by Carcanet/Northern House. Waterloo Teeth was shortlisted for the Forward Prize's Felix Dennis Prize for best first collection. He is Managing Editor of ... read more Praise for John Whale 'I loved this book, clever and culturedand steeped in the era of the Romantics.' Suzi Feay 'mixes verbal originality... with sympathetic clarity and seriousness: poems that matter.' Bernard O'Donoghue You might also be interested in: Her Birth Rebecca Goss Otherwise Unchanged Owen Lowery	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog Coco Island: Christine Roseeta Walker read more that which appears: Thomas A Clark read more Come Here to This Gate: Rory Waterman read more Near-Life Experience: Rowland Bagnall read more The Silence: Gillian Clarke read more Baby Schema: Isabel Galleymore read more
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