Constellations
"Constellations" begins by celebrating sunlight and ends with the appearance of the moon, the coming of winter, snow and "perpetual night". In poems of compelling beauty Pindar takes us from a summer love affair by the sea to war and its aftermath, when night falls and "the song that was promised has been sung".
About the author
Ian Pindar was born in London in 1970. He published his first work, a life of James Joyce, in 2004. "Emporium", his debut poetry collection, appeared in 2011. "Constellations" is his second collection. His poems have appeared in "The English Review", "The Forward Book of Poetry 2011 and 2012", "London Magazine", "Magma", "New Poetries III", "Oxford Poetry", "PN Review", "Poetry Review", "Stand", the "Times Literary Supplement and Wave Composition". Pindar won second prize in the National Poetry Competition 2009, a supplementary prize in the Bridport Prize 2010 and was shortlisted for the 2010 Forward Prize (Best Single Poem). He lives in Oxfordshire.