About the Book
Here, in "Open-mouthed", the reader can find a rich a la carte menu of poems, some al dente, others al fresco, succulent morsels plucked from hedgerows and kitchens at home and abroad. But why have four poets from Devon come together to create a collection of poems about food, some of them light-hearted, some more serious? For the pleasure of it, no doubt, but also to raise money for the Dartington 'Ways With Words' literary festival, specifically in order to help fund a bursary scheme enabling young students to attend the festival, an experience with the potential to broaden their interests and awaken their intellects. This culinary gang of four also hopes to make these poems available to a wider audience, particularly now that the resurgent interest in local food is flavour of the month. Combining this with poetry seems an obvious step forward, to educate and enliven our tastes. "Alphabet Soup"; "Elvers"; "Eating Maize"; "The Meat Commission"; "Mushy Peas"; "Stuffing Balls"; "Curried Squirrel"; "The Hostess Trolley" and "Feeding the Dolls" are just a few of the sixty-four poems.
Table of Contents:
Cornish Earlies, JAMES CROWDEN Alphabet Soup, LAWRENCE SAIL Globe Artichoke, ALAN PEACOCK Borscht, JAMES CROWDEN Asparagus, ALAN PEACOCK A La Carte, ELISABETH ROWE Sparrowgrass, LAWRENCE SAIL Dartmouth Crab, JAMES CROWDEN Nine Dabs, ELISABETH ROWE Fast Food - Low Tide, JAMES CROWDEN In the Trout Hatchery, LAWRENCE SAIL Elvers, JAMES CROWDEN Sea Bass, JAMES CROWDEN Ling Turbot..., JAMES CROWDEN Fish Magic, LAWRENCE SAIL Edible Child, ELISABETH ROWE Eating Maize, LAWRENCE SAIL Capsicum Rap, ALAN PEACOCK Onion, ALAN PEACOCK Apple Haiku, JAMES CROWDEN Burrow Hill Cider Farm, JAMES CROWDEN Green Apples, ELISABETH ROWE Riverford Rocket, JAMES CROWDEN Gathering Mushrooms..., ELISABETH ROWE Paysages Moralises 2, LAWRENCE SAIL Aubergine, ALAN PEACOCK The Marrow, ELISABETH ROWE The Meat Commission, Kenya, LAWRENCE SAIL Tripe and Cow 'Eels, ALAN PEACOCK The Pie Do, ALAN PEACOCK Mushy Peas, ALAN PEACOCK Schink Knodel Suppe, ALAN PEACOCK Well Hung..., JAMES CROWDEN Stu.ng Balls, ELISABETH ROWE Stew an' 'Ard Lost, ALAN PEACOCK Wild Boar at Burrator, JAMES CROWDEN Ode to a Cornish Pasty, JAMES CROWDEN Porcupine and Mammoth, JAMES CROWDEN Curried Squirrel, JAMES CROWDEN Turnip, ALAN PEACOCK Leek, ALAN PEACOCK Raspberries, JAMES CROWDEN Cooking Damsons, JAMES CROWDEN Sloes, LAWRENCE SAIL Mangoes, ALAN PEACOCK Riddle, LAWRENCE SAIL Wild Strawberries, ELISABETH ROWE White Peach, LAWRENCE SAIL A Dales Dessert, ALAN PEACOCK Blue Vinny, JAMES CROWDEN Hard Cheese Somerset, JAMES CROWDEN Pistachios and Mussels, LAWRENCE SAIL Devon Cream Tea, JAMES CROWDEN The Hostess Trolley, ELISABETH ROWE Dorset Knobs, JAMES CROWDEN Valentine's Night in the Supermarket, LAWRENCE SAIL Preserving Love, ELISABETH ROWE Sad Cake, ALAN PEACOCK A few Somerset Recipes..., JAMES CROWDEN Decision, ELISABETH ROWE Honey with Sir Kenelm Digby, JAMES CROWDEN Feeding the Dolls, LAWRENCE SAIL A Cautionary Tail, JAMES CROWDEN Notes
About the Author :
James Crowden who was born in Plymouth and has written nine books. He grew up on the western edge of Dartmoor where he developed a penchant for cider, pasties and saffron buns Lawrence Sail who lives in Exeter and has published nine collections of poems, most reently Eye-Baby (Bloodaxe Books, 2006) Alan Peacock, who grew up in the Pennines, has published five collections of poetry and has lived in Devon since 1988. Elisabeth Rowe lives on the edge of Dartmoor and read English at Oxford. Her first book of poems, Surface Tension, was published by Peterloo Poets in 2003.
