Journeying
Originally published in 2012, Journeying is arguably the crowning achievement of Paul Sutherland's fifty-year writing career.
Here, 'journeying' is a state of mind, a destination in itself, and a physical reality. The process of moving from place to place is brought to life in compelling detail, along with moments of absolute stillness and clarity; connecting with nature, family and history (both global and personal) at the deepest level.
Concluding with the 3000-word poem ‘Red Hawthorn-Hedged’, in which the collection’s themes come together for a breathtaking finale, this is a book set to move and inspire all who travel between its covers.
Originally published in 2012, Journeying is arguably the crowning achievement of Paul Sutherland's fifty-year writing career.
Here, 'journeying' is a state of mind, a destination in itself, and a physical reality. The process of moving from place to place is brought to life in compelling detail, along with moments of absolute stillness and clarity; connecting with nature, family and history (both global and personal) at the deepest level.
Concluding with the 3000-word poem ‘Red Hawthorn-Hedged’, in which the collection’s themes come together for a breathtaking finale, this is a book set to move and inspire all who travel between its covers.
Originally published in 2012, Journeying is arguably the crowning achievement of Paul Sutherland's fifty-year writing career.
Here, 'journeying' is a state of mind, a destination in itself, and a physical reality. The process of moving from place to place is brought to life in compelling detail, along with moments of absolute stillness and clarity; connecting with nature, family and history (both global and personal) at the deepest level.
Concluding with the 3000-word poem ‘Red Hawthorn-Hedged’, in which the collection’s themes come together for a breathtaking finale, this is a book set to move and inspire all who travel between its covers.
Praise for Journeying:
"The poems are a beautiful evocation of landscape and longing. There is a great sadness in them, a feeling of an exile from a place that had once been home, but also a sense of alienation from a place which is now home. They capture beautifully the need to return and the knowledge that you never can... a superb collection."
– Karen Maitland
"Paul Sutherland's masterful ability to travel between the abstract, almost philosophical layers of thinking and the very concrete, earth-like reminiscences, is something any reader will find fascinating."
– Mario Susko
"Paul Sutherland is a poet who evokes so well the perspective of the foreign traveller who has eventually settled, almost without realizing it, in a land thousands of miles from his own. Paul’s compelling way of telling stories in poetry opens the door widely and generously to the humanity of his world, which as we read on, becomes ours."
– Ian Seed
About the Author
Paul Sutherland was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1947, and arrived in the UK in 1973. He was the founder of Dream Catcher, an international literary journal, and his own writing has appeared in countless anthologies, newspapers and periodicals. Paul’s eighth collection, Journeying, was first published by Valley Press in 2012, then again with a second edition in 2020. His New and Selected Poems, also from Valley Press, was released in 2017. He has an MA in English Literature from the University of York, and became both a Sufi Muslim and a freelance writer in 2004. He lives with his wife in Lincolnshire.
Vital Statistics
Imprint: Valley Press
Edition: Second (October 2020)
Paperback ISBN: 9781912436507
Catalogue number: VP0170
Page count: 96
Trim size: 203x133mm
