Waymarks tracks one man through significant encounters with the natural world, around the globe.
An Ethiopian lake, an Australian rainforest, an American desert, an English beach: the stage keeps changing, but the intent stays the same. A poet enters a deep dialogue with birds, animals, people, plants, seas, and all the forces that threaten and churn this mix of life.
James Thornton is a zen priest, and Waymarks sits alongside other classics of metaphysical writing in which poets bare their soul. Teachings from great figures along the way permeate the collection: a West Coast poet, a Japanese Zen Master, a spiritual leader, and the Dalai Lama.
About the author
The New Statesman named James Thornton as one of 10 people who could change the world, and he won the Financial Times Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021, he was a judge of the Laurel Prize, for the world’s best collection of ecopoetry. Irish-American, James is also the author of Client Earth (Scribe 2018) which won a Business Book of the Year Award. James is founder and president of Client Earth, the leading global not-for profit law group. This is his third collection.‘James Thornton speaks as both a poet who has colonised science and a scientist who speaks a poetic tongue.’ – E.O.Wilson‘Weaves quiet perception and poignant reflection on humans, animals, and landscape into a shimmering pattern of southern French light.’ – Olafur Eliasson
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