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Dai Vaughan. Totes Meer. Seren, 2003. 175 pp. Paper: 6.95 [pounds sterling].
"The startling experience of temporal elision, of the bridging of the ineradicable years, of the shocking superimposition of youth upon age." This is how Vaughan himself describes the critically acclaimed Totes Meer. His is a narrative of transience and permanence, of the blending of the voices of anticipation with echoes of retrospect, of sections as diversely titled as "A Rabbit," "Letter to a Dog," "In Chrysalis," and "Slug Heaven." Totes Meer meanders gently among the reflections of a dying man, of a Paleolithic humanoid, of an aging artist, and of a naive young boy, producing a subtle poetry that is, in places, beautiful as well as polemical: "The music ambles amiably down imaginary streets: a headless, tailless worm of improvisation pursuing its endless evolution." Vaughan's gentle cadence and economy of language confirm his place as one of the most skillful writers of ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Dai Vaughan. Totes Meer.(Book Review)