Deep Field

'A book of great clarity and concentration, continually themed but always lively and alert in its use of language. Gross takes us from Great Flood to subtly invoked concerns for our watery planet; this is a mature and determined book, dream-like in places, but dealing ultimately with real questions of human existence' - Simon Armitage, T.S. Eliot Prize judges' comment. 'Great poetry is like walking on water. In this paradoxical, humane collection, Philip Gross achieves that miracle' - Polly Clark, Guardian. 'Haunting, vividly imagined poems, whose fierce intelligence is gentled by the sonorous grace of the language - A considerable poetic talent offers us an elegant and subtle re-evaluation of the modern world' - Sarah Crown, The Guardian.