Maskwork

In Gregory Leadbetter's second poetrycollection,Maskwork, mystery, theatre and ritual combine to revealrather than to disguise. The mask, in these resonant poems, acts as a way ofbecoming, seeing, and knowing - granting access to altered states andotherworlds hidden within and beyond ourselves. Here, language itself becomesan animating magic, connecting humans to our ecological roots. The spirit of revival, renaissance, newbirth and rebirth haunts this book: and at its core, the idea of poetry itselfas a form of learning - an art and a mystery - runs like a quicksilver threadthroughout, between the elusive and the certain. Leadbetter's meticulouslyattuned lyrical poetry tells of the transformative experience of knowing,a dynamic state of being that forever alters both the knower and the known.