[ Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy ]

From: Mail on Sunday | Date: September 18, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Rapture by Carol Ann Duffy

It isn't often that I pick up a book of poems and read it straight through like a novel, but that is exactly what happened with Carol Ann Duffy's electrifying new collection, Rapture. It charts the rise and fall of a love affair through a series of heart-stoppingly romantic poems. The title poem, about the way love can erupt unexpectedly into one's life, made the hairs on my arms stand up. Read this book if you are in love, out of love or waiting for it to come along.

Thought of by you all day, I think of you.

The birds sing in the shelter of a tree.

Above the ...