Twynd

Twynd is Harry Matthews' second poetry collection. In it we are taken, in the symmetric & thematic sense, around two things twinning around each other, be they the sun and its reflection in a lake or two souls pairing & resonating together. In the asymmetric sense of theme, Twynd is about one thing twinned around another rather than mutually- be it in environmental despoilment by Man, or in the ugly smothering the beautiful. Twynd, we discover, is also the abbreviated form of Chetwynd, a small hill in Shropshire, where several poems are set, while others explore faith, God, nature & classical antiquity.