Robert Peake je britsko-americký básnik, ktorého dielo sa často zaoberá zložitými vzťahmi medzi ľuďmi a ich prostredím. Jeho poézia sa vyznačuje starostlivým výberom slov a prenikavým vhľadom do ľudskej psychiky. Peake skúma témy pamäti, identity a premenlivosti sveta okolo nás. Jeho zbierky ponúkajú čitateľom hlboký a myšlienkovo podnetný zážitok.
Robert Peake's incredible eye for detail illuminates this collection of delicately-attuned poems. Each explores a certain kind of knowledge, one that is felt and experienced, known in your heart and in your bones. From postcards to portraits, ancient and modern wars to cosmopolitan cities, Robert Peake finds a sharp focus for the bigger picture.
A Collection of United States 1984. Commemorative Olympic Issues
Robert Peake's second full collection of poems is about weathering storms--personal, political, psychological--in our present-day climate of chaos. These are matters of life or death, and Cyclone urges us to consider what the ill wind may bring, and how we will survive it. Peake's acutely tuned poems bring eloquence and urgency to matters of profound devastation. With shattering delicacy, he writes of personal loss, of grief and the long aftermath; "whenever the wind sprays into my face, I taste salt of your absence". These poems also hazard an eye at the global weather and find a world in turmoil, wild with unreliable news and terrible forecasts. Manifesting between the storms is the man with the kindest face. Is he here to save us or warn us? A guide or a harbinger? As these brilliantly-visioned poems suggest, nothing is certain in the eye of the storm. Nevertheless, there is some form of consolation and rescue: "He seems at home in this tempest. He seems happy".