Ghosts at Cockcrow
This collection includes many poems written during Conn's three years as Edinburgh's first Poet Laureate. In the title poem, "Ghosts at Cockcrow," set in Burgundy, he reflects on the transience of beauty and the vulnerability of our lives. But whether revelling in landscape or cities, or marvelling at the durability of love, Stewart Conn's tone is always affirmative. He celebrates the affections, and observes the passage of time, often through works of art. And he conjures up--exhilaratingly and often with wry humour--settings as diverse as museums and stage sets, trout-lochs and mountain slopes, Barcelona's Ramblas and Edinburgh's Royal Mile
Print Book, English, 2005
Bloodaxe Books ; U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions, Tarset, Northumberland, [Chester Springs, PA], 2005