Tempera

‘Perfection for an instant – just long enough To hold this fleeting transience ...’   A fresco artist prepares an area of wet plaster for his wall – the intonaco – ready to be painted. Between sunrise and sunset, this will be his day’s work, the giornata — knowing that tomorrow he will return and begin again.   Transforming and mesmerising, Graham Powell’s powerful second collection 'tempera' uncovers the colour and texture of those fleeting moments and chance relationships that pass beneath the surface of our lives; weaving their path through time, and yet always left as unfinished business at the end of each day.   'The lines are getting closer all the time And every cusp and swirl delineates The landscape across which we must navigate  A path that will not disorient us But on which, we fear, we will at last be lost' *Praise for Dragonflies* ‘Poignant’ ‘A body of work that deals with life – and death – so sensitively’ ‘This is poetry at its most accessible and beautiful, occasionally humorous, but also raw, honest, intimate and elegiac in tone’ – Martin Wallace, Leader magazine About the author: Graham Powell has been reading and writing poetry all his life. He draws inspiration from the natural world and the poetry of those writers he has read throughout his life. He has worked extensively across the education sector and published several books on the nature and purpose of learning. He lives in Gloucestershire – grows vegetables, walks incessantly and delights in birds, butterflies and mayflies. He is the author of Dragonflies and Tempera.