This substantial book represents Brendan Kennelly's own selection from over twenty poetry books written over five decades. He has been a poet who has revisited his work, re-scoring familiar and estranged pieces into new gatherings that reflect his preoccupations more powerfully, bringing together poems from different times--and adding many new, previously lost or unpublished ones--so that they speak in chorus like the generations of people they celebrate.
Language
English
Pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books
Release
February 01, 2005
ISBN
1852246634
ISBN 13
9781852246631
Familiar Strangers: New and Selected Poems 1960-2004
This substantial book represents Brendan Kennelly's own selection from over twenty poetry books written over five decades. He has been a poet who has revisited his work, re-scoring familiar and estranged pieces into new gatherings that reflect his preoccupations more powerfully, bringing together poems from different times--and adding many new, previously lost or unpublished ones--so that they speak in chorus like the generations of people they celebrate.