The River in the Sky by Clive James Valley Press now a companion text to

now a companion text to the War Poems

and austere

Joanne Limburg commemorates both in her third collection

qualities sacrificed in most versions to a homogenising

The River in the Sky by Clive James Valley Press now a companion text toClive James has been close to death for several years, and he has written about the experience in a series of deeply moving poems. In Sentenced to Life, he was clear sighted as he faced the end, honest about his regrets. In Injury Time, he wrote about living well in the time remaining, focusing our attention on the joys of family and art, and celebrating the immediate beauty of the world. When The River in the Sky opens, we find James in ill health