A Darker Way by Grahame Davies Ian McDonald Animated by song and conversation

Animated by song and conversation

whose renderings are as beautifully attuned to the shifts and multiplicities of Borio’s original as they are to the possibilities of sound and line in translation

and follows Haywire: New & Selected Poems

and tells the full story of the decision taken by her brother

They chart a process of huge loss and the road to recovery

A Darker Way by Grahame Davies Ian McDonald Animated by song and conversationA Darker Way is a collection of poems and songs by Grahame Davies which traces a hard won but redemptive path between idealism and irony, failure and faith. These poems are alert to both the superficiality and the seriousness of the everyday, often showing that human feelings are complicated and surprising. Renowned not only as a poet, but also as a lyricist, Davies lyrics explore belief and unbelief, meaning and mystery, dealing with love and loss