Alan Riddell: Eclipse - Concrete Poems [2019] paperback ZRACE In this exquisite little volume

In this exquisite little volume

and the tree was happy

This guide to the path is a modern take on the traditional (turn right at the stile

Set in 1941

and progresses to take instruction and become a baptized member

Alan Riddell: Eclipse - Concrete Poems [2019] paperback ZRACE In this exquisite little volumeIn this volume of typographical (or "concrete") poems, Alan Riddell weaves words and the very letters they're made of into shapes and patterns that heighten or, in some cases, completely undermine the professed message of the pieces. When Eclipse was first published in 1972, concrete poetry was still a relatively new art form, and this book was the first substantial one man collection to be published in Britain. Now, almost fifty years since its