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Archery in the UK: New Lyrical Ballads and Other Poems Kindle Edition

by Nick Reeves (Author), Ingrid Wilson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Inspired by the Lyrical Ballads of Wordsworth and Coleridge, two authors set out to pen a contemporary homage to this timeless collection. As the collaboration progresses, however, the poetry and the unique narrative it carries takes on a life of its own. Thus, the authors come to tell their story through a collection of ballads, sonnets, pantoums and other forms: under arches, over bridges and against the backdrop of the fabled Northlands: from Tyne and Wear to Cumbria and beyond.
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"If you are you looking for a poetry collection that will put a huge smile on your face, this is the book for you. Ingrid Wilson and Nick Reeves have created a book of contemporary lyrical poetry, the likes of which I haven't seen" - Barbara Harris Leonhard, Editor, MasticadoresUSA. "Reading Archery in the UK left me with a strong feeling of saudade that stayed with me long after I'd finished the book-which is the best recommendation I can give to encourage other readers to experience this remarkable volume of collaborative poetry." - Elizabeth Gauffreau, author of Grief Songs (Paul Stream Press, 2021)."Archery in the UK is a true delight. It is a joy to read. We journey with these lovers, feel their sorrow and happiness-and witness the growth of their love." - Merril D. Smith, author of River Ghosts (Nightingale and Sparrow Press, 2022).

"This collection is a beautiful love story, blooming with rhythm and metaphor...These poems are original, gorgeously entwined yet universal."


- Kristiana Reed, Editor, Free Verse Revolution.


--This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Nick Reeves has lived in south London, Dorset, Somerset and North Tyneside. His poetry and paintings have been published by Free Verse Revolution, Gleam Magazine and Valley Press. He has a Creative Writing MA from Bath Spa University and, between talking to people in mirrors and cutting bits off of them, is finishing his first novel.

Ingrid Wilson is a writer from Cumbria who has lived in London, Spain and Slovenia before returning to her home in the North of England. Her publication credits include Gleam Magazine, Free Verse Revolution and Spillwords Press, who nominated her for Author of the Year in 2021. She runs her own independent publishing company, Experiments in Fiction, which has produced several bestselling titles. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BSH6HPPZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Experiments in Fiction (January 16, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 16, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1154 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 93 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1739757785
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Ingrid Wilson

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Ingrid is the owner and editor of the publishing house Experiments in Fiction, which takes its name from her popular blog. She has been writing poetry since childhood, and more recently has launched her passion for writing into a career.

A featured contributor at MasticadoresUSA, and bartender at dVerse Poets’ Pub, Ingrid has had her writing published in many online publications and print journals. In July 2021, she published 'The Anthropocene Hymnal,' a poetry anthology representing a response to the climate and ecological crisis. She published her first solo poetry collection, 40 Poems at 40, via EIF in February 2022.

You can find her on Twitter @Experimentsinfc and Instagram @Experimentsinfiction.

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Dawn Pisturino
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Star Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2023
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While reading this beautiful and deeply-moving collection of poems, certain associations kept popping into my head. Sonnets from the Portuguese. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Robert Browning. This book is quintessentially a collection of verses devoted to Love - the remarkable uniting of two cherished souls, love of the land, love of nature, love of beauty, and love of the language that allows us to shape our thoughts, feelings, and dreams into words.
Most of the poems in this collection are not sonnets, but the quality, tone, rhythm, and spirit of these verses capture the essence of Shakespeare, the two Brownings, and classic British lyrical poetry in general. Love in this poetic realm spreads its wings wider and flies higher than mortals are allowed in the ordinary world. The poets invite us into their secret bower of shared passion and romance, reminding us that love is a beautiful gift, and so is every precious moment of our lives.
This is an excerpt from Honeymoon Night, whose simplicity, sincerity, and repetition captured my heart and helped me to visualize the scene so clearly:
". . . Our bodies entangled
our minds even more so
complete, I love you oh
so sweet, I love you so.
The candlelight flickers and flares
trickles tallow
temptation's so sweet - oh
I do so love you so.
As husband and wife
we awake on the morrow
'I do' and 'I will' so
I'll always love you so.
Our honeymoon song's
taken up by the sparrow:
I do so love you so
I do so love you so.
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Michele Lee
5.0 out of 5 stars A soft and seamless collaborative creation. Highly recommended!
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2023
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Pre-publication highlights of Archery in the UK acknowledged that this collection is “something quite different.” Having recently completed this captivating collection, I wholeheartedly agree. Contained within a cover that is artistic and sophisticated, are sixty-eight timeless poems that bring a land and a love to life. The poems do not promote a boastful love, nor do they leave the reader with a taste of something artificial. Rather, the reader will sense a genuine poetic connection that cannot be falsely created. The reader will become absorbed in the soft and seamless dance occurring between two poets with the turn of each page. Quite different indeed. It is a slow-sipped tea during a peaceful afternoon. It is a meander through a lush garden with aromatic flowers in bloom. It is worth your time. You will want to quickly turn each page, but you will stop yourself, because this is a collection that should be savored. I highly recommend this collection, a collaboration between two talented poets.
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jeff flesch
5.0 out of 5 stars Once I started reading Archery In The UK it was impossible to put down.
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023
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Once I started reading Archery In The UK it was impossible to put down. The book mixes poetic forms, inviting the reader on a journey of beautifully flowing language, touching hearts, and minds, and leaving me teary-eyed, joyful, and inspired. It is an amazing collaboration. I highly recommend this amazing collaboration.
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B. Leonhard
5.0 out of 5 stars Archery in the UK by Nick Reeves and Ingrid Wilson: A Review, a must-read!
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2023
If you are you looking for a poetry collection that will put a huge smile on your face, this is the book for you. Ingrid Wilson and Nick Reeves have created a book of contemporary lyrical poetry, the likes of which I haven’t seen. 
 
What began as a joint effort to collaborate on a book in homage to Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge ended up becoming a love story that unfolds in the slanted rays of sun peeking through the arc of rainbows, wind-blown trees, and birdsong chiming like cathedral bells in iambic rhythm and Pantoum refrains.
 
The very title, Archery in the UK, points to their theme of connection. The word “archery” beings to mind Shakespeare’s “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”. Just as archery takes skill, so does love. The archer has faced battles and overcome obstacles. In fact, the poems allude to “the storm debris of yesterday” (“The Archer’s Postcard”) and more than one reference to “wind-blown trees” in other poems. However, he is ready to awaken from this nightmare (“Prologue”) to open to a new love. The archer “sees one glove in need of another, and another on the quay; / two mirrors between stories in the Baltic Gallery.”
 
The archer’s arrow represents a readiness to take action for a new beginning, a new “dream”. These lovers are waking from a bad dream and “daring to dream” a new one. In “Winter Love”, Cupid startles the lovers into recognition in these lines.
The choir of angels tuned up
like a band
piping their song
of joy…
 
The collection of poems goes on to show “the conjoining of two souls”. In “Night Falls”, “an empty hand in glove holds onto something bigger than a dream”.
 
The poems move from recognition of new love to sensual rebirth, “a nascent adventure” in which the archer enjoys “the arch of her lip, her wrist, her notation” (“Beneath Wrought Iron Ribs”).
 
The arrow quivers passionately now in “sheeted melodies” (“Her Frequency”) and “tomorrow bows her narrow back” (“Stippling”), alluding to a lasting love. In “Drawn”,
We bent toward the dawn in flower,
And, together, we were drawn
 
Trees and birds play a role in this love story. Linden trees, the sacred tree of Aphrodite, symbolize marital love. Juniper represents the strength, beauty, wisdom and protection of the fertility goddess Asherah, who was also believed to be God’s wife (Mother Nature). The archer’s lover, who had “sheltered her sheets between two wind-blown trees”, awakens to “a holy plainsong / where never sin, nor pain, nor wrong could be” (“Birdsong”). The lovers are paired like cooing doves.
The morning birdsong, wedding bells.

Finally, yew trees, Europe’s oldest tree, represent power, strength, longevity, and regeneration or resurrection. “Where the Yew Trees Grow” shows the archer’s training. Medieval English long bows were made of yew. Another name for juniper, by the way, is mountain yew. The yew tree imagery contributes to the theme of the regenerative power of new love despite “the knotted fingers, eyes faded”.
 
Reeves and Wilson marry their verses as each wrote an equal number of poems. Although the reader can discern the author in some of the poems as the archer is a male and his lover is a female, the lovers meld into one dream. In “The Wintered Queen”,
Their hearts, their art. Two arcs across the sky
inscribed within this book of poetry
 
The poems in this collection are not only masterfully designed to carry the story, theme, and nuances, but are also well ordered based on the development of the relationship from season to season with descriptive imagery and metaphor. The poems also bring the reader along to the places the lovers meet, even the most intimate ones. The pace of the poems definitely reaches a climax. I could say more, but I’ll quietly draw the curtains here.
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