Very Selected Poems: Michael Laskey (Paperback)

Michael Laskey

ISBN 10: 1910367869 / ISBN 13: 9781910367865

Verlag: Smith|Doorstop Books, Huddersfield, 2017

Paperback. Originality of thought and quality of execution Robert Potts, The GuardianThis Very Selected pamphlet brings together the best selected poetry by Michael Laskey, as part of The Poetry Business Very Selected collection.Between Two Lit RoomsMichael LaskeyAfter work, of ronce, to walk homenot to drive, foot hinged to the clutch,through town, but to walk on your ownout into the open dark,the Plough, the Pole Star, Oriondistancing you from your day.Then down the ringing wrought-ironspiral staircase to the softerasphalt of the all but emptycar park. One January night.Such space around you, such plenty:a good fifteen minutes walkingbetween two lit rooms, the split halvesof your life, the future, the past.But for now a skive down this path,the ridge of the fence furred with frost. Poetry, short, selected Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781910367865

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‘Originality of thought and quality of execution’
– Robert Potts, The Guardian

This Very Selected pamphlet brings together the best selected poetry by Michael Laskey, as part of The Poetry Business’ Very Selected collection.

Between Two Lit Rooms

Michael Laskey

After work, of ronce, to walk home
not to drive, foot hinged to the clutch,
through town, but to walk on your own
out into the open dark,

the Plough, the Pole Star, Orion
distancing you from your day.
Then down the ringing wrought-iron
spiral staircase to the softer

asphalt of the all but empty
car park. One January night.
Such space around you, such plenty:
a good fifteen minutes walking

between two lit rooms, the split halves
of your life, the future, the past.
But for now a skive down this path,
the ridge of the fence furred with frost.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Michael Laskey has published five collections, most recently Weighing the Present (smith|doorstop, 2014) and The Man Alone: New & Selected Poems (2008). His first two collections were Poetry Book Society Recommendations: Thinking of Happiness (Peterloo, 1991) and The Tightrope Wedding (smith|doorstop, 1999), which was also shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize. Michael co-edited Smiths Knoll for 21 years and co-founded the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in 1988, which he directed through its first decade. He works as a writing tutor with a wide range of adult groups and in schools at all levels. He lives in Suffolk and is an editor with The Garlic Press.

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Titel: Very Selected Poems: Michael Laskey (...
Verlag: Smith|Doorstop Books, Huddersfield
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: Paperback
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