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Diffractions

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Peter Dale combines intimacy of address and a personal colloquial idiom with remarkable skill in formal verse. He is interested in bringing his subjects – love, relationships, memory, all kinds of daily exchange – directly to the reader, without fuss and with thoughtful craft and conviction. The precision of his writing matches its intensity of feeling.

Diffractions’ begins with new poems and ends with a collection of lively and entertaining epigrams. Between these, his published collections appear in chronological sequence. The whole assembles 50 years of elegant, incisive and moving work by a leading British poet of rare skill.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.

Release: August 01, 2012

ISBN: 0856464392

ISBN 13: 9780856464393

Diffractions

0/5 ( ratings)

Peter Dale combines intimacy of address and a personal colloquial idiom with remarkable skill in formal verse. He is interested in bringing his subjects – love, relationships, memory, all kinds of daily exchange – directly to the reader, without fuss and with thoughtful craft and conviction. The precision of his writing matches its intensity of feeling.

Diffractions’ begins with new poems and ends with a collection of lively and entertaining epigrams. Between these, his published collections appear in chronological sequence. The whole assembles 50 years of elegant, incisive and moving work by a leading British poet of rare skill.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.

Release: August 01, 2012

ISBN: 0856464392

ISBN 13: 9780856464393

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