“the blue hour” – Mick Yates (eBook PDF)

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‘The Blue Hour is a period of morning and evening twilight when the sun is below the horizon colouring the sky a deep blue. The poems in this enchanting and magical collection reflect upon the mysteries, the joys and the sorrows of human existence from both a personal and a universal perspective. It is a journey that we all share in common, and these are poems that chart our shared experience from dawn to sunset in a celebratory and life-affirming way.’

‘His work is breathtaking, so very human and accessible’

– Heidi Nightengale, Publisher & Editor at Clare Songbirds Publishing House

‘In the real way of a conversation that starts light and then dives deep Yates draws us into  topics of life and death, our connectedness to the earth, the wonder of the ocean, our past.  He surprises with some spectacular unexpected endings. Poems with what I have called ‘Slap upside the head’ last lines. Each a gem, shining stone or shell shard gleaned from  a winter beach during the long wait for spring. Collect one yourself.’

– Rachael Z. Ikins, Associate Editor, Clare Songbirds Publishing House.

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About Mick Yates

Mick Yates lives in the far north of England. He has worked extensively as a playwright and has had more than thirty plays produced at theatres across the country. He has received many awards, including an Edinburgh Festival Fringe First. He has also written for television, most notably for the BBC series Doctors. artefacts, his debut poetry collection, won the 2014 Geoff Stevens  Memorial Poetry Prize and was published by Indigo Dreams Publishing in 2015. His second collection kaleidoscope was published by them in 2017. A new chapbook, the art of conversation, was published by the New York based Clare Songbirds Publishing House in 2018.

Another collection, the shapes of passion, was published by Clare Songbirds Publishing House in 2018. His most recent collection, random thoughts from the north, was also published by Clare Songbirds Publishing House in 2019. He was longlisted in 2017, 2018 and 2019 for Best Poetry Pamphlet in the prestigious Saboteur Awards, and was also a Pushcart Prize nominee in 2018.

 

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