Alice Oswald\'s first book of poems, The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile is more confident and achieved than many first collections.
Influenced by Gerard Manley Hopkins and George Herbert, they speak passi.
The poems here are extraordinarily beautiful: intensely musical, strewn with emotion, and full of energy and warmth.
Previously published in Anvil New Poets 2, a selection chosen by Carol Ann Duffy, and winner of the 1994 Eric Gregory Award, Oswald already clearly demonstrates a distinct voice.
Alice Oswald\'s first book of poems, The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile is more confident and achieved than many first collections