Alice Oswald’s Sleepwalk: A Poetic Journey Along the Severn River

Description

Norton, paperback

Publication Date: November 13, 2018

Publisher Marketing: A Sleepwalk on the Severn is a reflective, book-length poem in several registers, using dramatic dialogue. Ghostly, meditative, and characterized by Alice Oswald’s signature sensitivity to nature, the poem chronicles a night on the Severn Estuary as the moonrise travels through its five stages: new moon, half moon, full moon, no moon, and moon reborn.

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