Welcoming Gordon Meade to the Back room today. Gordon lives in Fife, after having stayed many years in London, and is, roughly speaking, a contemporary of mine. He first came to my attention with his book Scrimshaw Sailor which was published by the amazing Joy Hendry of Chapman, one in a series of books which, when you look back on it, contained the pick of the day's and often today's Scottish writing. He has been, at various times, the creative-writing fellow at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and the writer-in-residence for Dundee District Libraries. Gordon is a poet - like all the others in this series I think- who writes because he feels he has something to say, not out of any sense of entitlement or position.He has nine (I think) published books of poetry and has been writing most recently on the relationship between human beings and the animal kingdom; a theme which he has visited before in poems and publications and he concentrates on particularly in his new book Zoospeak, which contains his poetry and the photography of Jo-Anne McArthur.
More poetry from Gordon here:
https://thepoetryvillage.com/2019/11/25/gordon-meade-zoospeak-poetry/
and details about Zoospeak here:
https://www.enthusiasticpress.co.uk/post/zoospeak
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