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23 Books in poetry (S)


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A Sea in the Desert

Leslie Norris
£4.95 Paperback(ISBN:1854110152)

Leslie Norris’s eleventh collection of poetry is marked by his observation of the natural world. Many of the poems are concerned with the cyclical processes of nature migration, the seasons, life and death. They are written with all the sharpness of language, exactness of imagery and vivid painterly description which readers have come to expect in his work ...
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Sea Lilies: Selected Poems 1984-2003

John Barnie
£9.99 Paperback(ISBN:1-85411-413-1)

This generous Selected Poems from John Barnie includes work from seven of his previous collections: Borderland (1984), Lightning Country (1987), Clay (1989), The Confirmation (1992), The City (1993), Heroes (1996) and At the Salt Hotel (2003)…

‘…out of a postmodern world of alternatives, Barnie’s is a unique poetics.  And a necessary one, both for Wales and the world it finds itself in.’
Fiona Sampson, Editor, Poetry Review

‘For Barnie, the modern city is not a place but a state of mind, a way of seeing and living that, with ever-increasing potency, infuses and directs all our lives.’
David Lloyd, World Literature Today

“These poems are clearly the work of a mature poet, still deeply attentive to the natural world that surrounds him but also interested in fracturing the poetic line to create a more syncopated, internally disrupted rhythm.” – Sarah Kennedy, West Batch, Mar 08

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Seeds of Things

Mike Haines
£2.95 Paperback(ISBN:090747649X)

Seeds of Things is the first collection of poems by Mike Haines. Its seeds are widely scattered through a range of poetic forms and styles, and a variety of subjects and experiences. A questioning volume,...
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Selected & New Poems of John Powell Ward

John Powell Ward
£8.99 Paperback(ISBN:1854113461)

This substantial book features poems from the five decades of John Powell Ward’s career. It opens with early, uncollected pieces – some of which were experimental and concrete – moves on to the traditionally styled poems of the 70s and 80s and then towards a late flowering in the 90s ...
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Selected Later Poems

Peter Finch
£9.99 Paperback(ISBN:9781854114402)

A prolific, relentlessly inventive, provocative and often hilarious poet, Peter Finch has published over twenty volumes of verse, as well as prose, including the popular alternative guide books, Real Cardiff and Real Cardiff 2.This selection follows his popular Selected Poems (1987)with a choice of work from books published in the past twenty years.

“Put this by your bed and it could keep you awake for hours: noisy, diverting – though not, perhaps, sufficiently selected. The cover photo captures Finch, who is well known for his declamatory poetry readings, fizzing with energy.” Alice Kavounas, Poetry Review, April 08


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Peter Finch: Selected Poems

Peter Finch
£4.50 Paperback(ISBN:0907476740)

(CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT) Risk and range in form and articulated life: that is the excellence of Peter Finch’s poetry since the 1960s, outstanding in the dull conventions of official British poetry of these decades…
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Selected Poems of Christine Evans

Christine Evans
£8.99 Paperback(ISBN:1854113348)

Winner of the inaugural Roland Mathias Prize, Christine Evans’ Selected Poems is an immensely wideranging and accomplished overview of this major poet’s work....
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Selected Poems of Glyn Jones

Glyn Jones
£4.95 Paperback(ISBN:0907476856)

This Selected Poems celebrates more than fifty years of poetry by one of Wales’ most versatile writers. Chosen by the author himself, it shows how Glyn Jones’ poetry has progressed over the years. Form and style may have...
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Selected Poems of JeanEarle

Jean Earle
£5.95 Paperback(ISBN:1854110306)

This volume collects the best work from Jean Earle’s previous books, A Trial of Strength, The Intent Look and Visiting Light, whilst adding to it over forty outstanding new poems. Since her first book in 1980...
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Selected Poems of John Ormond

John Ormond
£4.95 Paperback(ISBN:0907476732)

John Ormond is one of the finest of a generation of Anglo-Welsh poets which includes Dannie Abse and Leslie Norris. This long-awaited Selected Poems makes a thematic selection from his long career, influenced early by...
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