'They belong to each other in mood, in tone and by way of certain images and words that form a ricochet of echoes - not least the word "salt".' Mineral, eerie, sensory, the poems in the collection... Læs mere
The second sequence, 'Lepus', extends an interest in the hare as trickster, traceable elsewhere in David Harsent's work, and most recently in 'The Woman and the Hare', a piece commissioned by... Læs mere
In an illustrious career, David Harsent has published eight collections of poetry, from A Violent County in 1969, to Legion, winner of the Forward Prize in 2005.
A sequence of intricately patterned verses that capture the lyrical, dream-like intensity of a mind at night.
Versions by one of Britain’s best-known poets of Yannis Ritsos (1909–90) – along with Cavafy, Seferis and Elytis – one of the most significant Greek poets of the 20th century. Harsent's selection is of poems written while Ritsos was in prison or under house arrest.
Featuring a collection of poems, this book includes dramatic sequences that belong to one another, share a dark territory and a sometimes haunting, sometimes steely, lyrical tone.
A visionary new collection from one of our most distinguished poets.