Some Things Matter: 63 Sonnets
Some Things Matter: 63 Sonnets
James Nash
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Since their first publication in 2012, James Nash’s sonnets have delighted thousands of poetry readers and listeners across the globe. Philosophical, satirical, warm and bittersweet, the sixty-three poem sequence spans the full breadth of the human experience; and can be enjoyed afresh in this expanded edition, which includes a handful of new sonnets, commissioned for BBC Radio 3 in 2014.
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Imprint: Valley Press
Published: October 2012
ISBN: 9781908853042
Catalogue no: VP0038
Page count: 80
Trim size: 198 x 129 mm
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Praise for Some Things Matter: 63 Sonnets:
“James Nash illuminates, wonderfully, the small details and the large issues of life, love and language. These are magical and memorable poems: poignant yet rich with humour, and underpinned, above all, by a great humanity.”
— Sarah Waters
“The sonnets of James Nash’s wonderful new collection are love poems of maturity, not just in their assured technique but also in their subject matter. Nash makes plenty of room for humour too ... I cannot recommend it strongly enough.”
— Ian Duhig
“James Nash’s poetry is a thing of beauty: subtle, unpretentious, moving.”
— Justin Cartwright
About the author
James Nash was born in London in 1949, and has been a resident of Leeds since 1971. His collections of sonnets include Some Things Matter (2012), A Bench for Billie Holiday (2018), Heart Stones (2021) and Notes of Your Music (2025), all published by Valley Press.