Earth. Fire, Air and Water
by Robert Marsland
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"‘Earth Fire Air and Water’ oscillates through the blunt and the beautiful, the shocking and the stilling; it rings with the sighs of simple unquestioned love and is fragmented by the ululations of the blues.
This artful debut collection lends a voice to both optimism and optimism drowned, projecting Marsland’s keen observations on a world of love and pain and art. A master of colour, Marsland conjures images of grand beauty and despair, all told with a daringly youthful voice and a cosmopolitan outlook.
Poetic, terse and even ambiguous at times, ‘Earth Fire Air and Water’ hits upon poignant truths - ‘love is my love is my love is my love’ and ‘What is real?...a dreamer’s all too vital dreamworld.’ Invited as fellow observers we are offered the products of Marsland’s deep contemplations, beauties and evils of a turning world, the redeeming and destroying facets of love."
Catherine Woodward
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