Self-Portrait as Scallop Shell

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Self-Portrait as Scallop Shell by Oenone Thomas, read by the author.

“This selection of poems, the product of Oenone Thomas’s time as Poet in Residence for the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path, allows us to walk side-by-side with her, and to consider the act of walking as an aid to contemplation and redemption. The words often take the forms of trails or circles in which we can find refuge. This is a beautiful collection, dwelling on what it means to occupy a landscape, to move through it step by step, and to observe the passing of seasons and weathers in Thomas’s thoughtful company.” – Tamar Yoseloff

“The Cuckmere Path weaves its remarkable spell again, this time in the delightful – the lightful – lyrics of Oenone Thomas. Every line and stanza partakes of movement, whether of the figure walking the path or of thought as the journey’s prepared for, the fields and hills traversed, the changing skies beheld. One can only echo this beautiful remark – one of many – at the close of ‘The Map and the Territory’: Soon I’ll be back again for the first time. This is a splendid walking company of poems.” – Glyn Maxwell