Publisher's Synopsis
James Miller is a Scottish poet from Glasgow. He writes in 'Credo', the opening poem of this collection: "I believe in singing songs without tunes / laments, lullabies, ballads, psalms and protests / and in standing silent in awe at the sea's edge / casting wishes on the glinting water." In the course of a generous collection of more than fifty poems, he proceeds to show this in poems that embrace both traditional forms and rhyme as well as free verse. His range of subject matter includes nature, love, politics, religion and city life all observed with an imaginative eye and a warm heart. Time and again in the poems, we get a sense that here is a man who cares. Throughout, his work is characterised by a life-affirming vision that celebrates life in all its richness. By the time "darkness slithers in as the tired sun / sinks deep for the sapphire night" (from "The Sapphire Night") you will feel as if you have been on an extraordinary journey.
