{"product_id":"beyond-the-drift-new-selected-poems-9781780371047","title":"Beyond the Drift: New \u0026 Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpringing from ordinary events, or a picture, or an aspect of the priestly life, David Scott's beautifully restrained poems work up the detail into a moment of significance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are rooted in an English culture which is found not only in locality, but also in understatement, and the sideways look. But his poetry has wider reverberations, exploring spirituality and ways of praying as well as momentary glimpses of meaning caught in everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (1947-2022) was renowned as a poet, priest and religious writer who first came to public attention in 1978 when he won the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\/BBC national poetry competition with his poem 'Kirkwall Auction Mart' and appeared on television news programmes reading the poem in situ. \u003cem\u003eA Quiet Gathering\u003c\/em\u003e, his first book of poems, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 1984, and won him the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1986. His second collection, \u003cem\u003ePlaying for England \u003c\/em\u003e(Bloodaxe Books, 1989) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Both books were illustrated by Graham Arnold of the Brotherhood of Ruralists. The poems from the two collections were republished with new work in David Scott's \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 1998), and followed by \u003cem\u003ePiecing Together\u003c\/em\u003e in 2005. His retrospective, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Drift\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2014), drew on his four previous Bloodaxe titles, with the addition of a whole collection of new poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50370731245842,"sku":"9781780371047","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e66f18b4-9469-4018-92c9-7a7fb0991828.jpg?v=1728533735","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beyond-the-drift-new-selected-poems-9781780371047","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}