Thomas, Robin – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:21:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Thomas, Robin – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Giant Crabs and Spiders https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/giant-crabs-and-spiders/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/giant-crabs-and-spiders/ Kant and marmalade, a solemn talk with a lift, an existential struggle with something from IKEA, an absurdist discussion of meaning in poetry, or a disquisition on the nature of windows: Robin Thomas is a poet of high imagination, always looking for the unusual angle and finding it over and over in this, his latest collection.

]]> Kant and marmalade, a solemn talk with a lift, an existential struggle with something from IKEA, an absurdist discussion of meaning in poetry, or a disquisition on the nature of windows: Robin Thomas is a poet of high imagination, always looking for the unusual angle and finding it over and over in this, his latest collection.

Giant Crabs and Spiders ranges across philosophy, painting, music, literature, politics, history, science, and what it’s like to be alive. The poet explores knowledge, ethics, meaning, mortality, and writes of loss and grief. Bubbling away through these intense, sometimes quirky, always compassionate poems is a joy in language, its musical resources and endless possibilities.

]]> Reminded of something https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/reminded-of-something/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=34933 In all of Robin Thomas’s work there is a subtlety and wit so contained that it invites re-reading. It takes full immersion to savour the linguistic dexterity and intelligence at work, to appreciate that humour often belies the absolute seriousness of life. In reminded of something, this balance is particularly delicate and the poignancy superbly controlled and utterly affecting. With a yearning that can only come of love and loss, the poems use the simplest of metaphors in the most lucid language to convey memories and emotions so complex and heart-breaking that they are almost beyond the scope of words-a collection that is profoundly moving and exquisitely realised.

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