Managed Woodland - Tim Youngs

Managed Woodland

‘Elizabeth Bishop’s wish for “intimate, low-voiced and delicate things” is answered by Tim Youngs – an answer  enriched by the vibrant sense of  the world Bishop was contrasting – “huge, roaring and glaring”. This world he summons through evocation of his muse, the painter Gurminder Sikand – her art and voice.  If you doubt a poem can be eight, six, even four words, read this beautiful collection and see how the weave of poetry works. Sometimes it feels that there is as much of the poet’s breathing on the page as his words. And the poetry is in the breathing and the words.’

Adrian Buckner

 

‘Tim Youngs’ poems for his late wife are a delight. Each beautifully crafted tiny piece captures a different aspect of their relationship or the poet’s grief at the loss of it or his continuing conversation with the woman he loved. A deceptively modest short collection which is filled with love, humour and pathos. I was both moved and dazzled by it.’

Carole Bromley

 

Praise for Tim Youngs’ Transmission Blues (2022)

‘There’s a gentle authority in the writing of these finely-tuned and evocative poems; and something that draws you in and stays with you long after you’ve read them.’

Cliff Yates