{"id":7713,"date":"2022-12-01T12:52:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T12:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/?p=7713"},"modified":"2022-12-02T12:16:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:16:55","slug":"andrew-taylor-poem-and-paper-for-the-john-james-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/7713\/andrew-taylor-poem-and-paper-for-the-john-james-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Taylor: Poem and Paper for the John James Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poem beginning with a line of John James<\/strong><\/p>\n

As August counts itself out<\/em>
\nso the percentage plummets<\/p>\n

reading pamphlets avec pastis
\nas is to be expected<\/p>\n

Words out of Time<\/em> ‘The Collect Gallery crammed with poets’ p.43<\/p>\n

Down to the lake for birding
\nstench of beached dead carp<\/p>\n

Kenny trains the scope on the island
\nsunlight on the water<\/p>\n

there is a poem in that
\nno, there is a poem in that<\/p>\n

The respite of a rest area
\ntemperature drops at midnight<\/p>\n

Carried sandwiches foil & plastic
\nwrapped evening before<\/p>\n

some kind of souvenir bread
\nlike bread bought from a post office<\/p>\n

Treated like a treat somethings taste
\nbetter away from home<\/p>\n

Mattresses floored a camp
\nshutters shut this is France after all<\/p>\n

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\u2018Nightmare\u2019 \u2013 tracking down an omission from John James\u2019s Collected Poems (Salt, 2002)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Collected John James, someone please! \u2013 Robert Sheppard <\/em><\/p>\n

NB: This article builds on a paper given at the The Cambridge Conference on the Poetry of John James, at Magdalene College, The University of Cambridge on March 11th 2017.<\/p>\n

This article will consider a poem of John James\u2019 that was missing from the 2002 Collected Poems, in the form of the four-page mimeographed poem \u2018Nightmare\u2019, and the process that led to the poem\u2019s eventual publication. I\u2019ll also consider the subsequent modes of publishing that James\u2019s poetry utilised since the publication of the Collected Poems, chiefly that of the pamphlet. I particularly look at James\u2019 2012 pamphlet, Cloud Breaking Sun, published by Oystercatcher, and the influence it has had on my personal practice.<\/p>\n

To Read This Paper: ‘Nightmare’<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Andrew Taylor has published three collections of poetry with Shearsman Books: Radio Mast Horizon<\/em> (2013), March<\/em> (2017) and Not There-Here<\/em> (2021). He edited Peter Finch\u2019s two volumes of Collected Poems<\/em> for Seren Books in 2022. His critical work includes the first monograph of Liverpool painter and poet, Adrian Henri: Adrian Henri: A Critical Reading<\/em> (Greenwich Exchange, 2019) and he is currently working on a companion critical volume to Finch\u2019s Collected Poems<\/em>. His latest collection of poetry, Northangerland: (Re)Versions of the poetry of Branwell Bront\u00eb<\/em> was published by Leafe Press in 2022. He is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University.<\/span><\/p>\n

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