An inspiring collection of poetry celebrating life and nature in a French Pyrenean community over 25 years.
James Thornton returns to the same French Pyrenean village every Spring. Over 25 years he has settled at his desk, the flanks of hillsides beyond his window, and captured in verse the life and nature of this mountain community. James’s poetry conjures the lives of villagers. snakes, turtles, fish, birds, flowers, crops, insects, and hogs who make this valley their home.
A global thought leader on how to tackle our planet’s environmental crisis, James Thornton is the founding CEO of Client Earth, a not-for-profit environmental law organisation. This is James’s second poetry collection focused on the natural world.
‘Weaves quiet perception and poignant reflection on humans, animals, and landscape into a shimmering pattern of southern French light.’ Olafur Eliasson, creator of In Real Life exhibition at Tate Modern in 2020
‘A poignant and evocative paean to an ancient village high in the French Pyrenees, where the reinvigorating miracle of the natural world is tinged with reflections on mortality: Homero Aridjis, Mexican Poet and former President of PEN International