Showcasing some of Michael Smith's more unusual translations, this volumes features a version of the Anglo-Saxon Battle of Maldon, together with translations of two long 18th-Century Irish poems, The Death of Art O'Leary and Sean O'Dwyer of the Glen, and 250 cantes flamencos.
In her fourth collection Janet Sutherland explores the farm where she grew up; a 90-acre dairy farm in Wiltshire, rented by her parents, where they milked 50 cows and reared heifers on the... Læs mere
"Few men know death: we do not usually undergo it deliberately, but unthinkingly and out of habit and most men die because men cannot help dying" -Francois de La Rochefoucauld"All my friends, dead for so many years - even their ghosts are dying." -Clive Faust
Born in 1973, Ron Winkler is one of the leading poets of his generation in Germany. This is the first book-length translation of his work into English, and presents his second german collection, Fragmentierte Gewaesser, complete.
"Hawkins' method is to eliminate whatever is not interesting, and his poetic line is as rapid, sporadic, shifting, polyvalent, slight and self-reversing as... Læs mere
From Troy to Arcadia, on the high road to elsewhere and the low road to thereabouts, boarding a ferry 'cross the Mersey and hiking the Jurassic Coast, skating away on... Læs mere
"I go to Ian Seed's poetry whenever I need reminding of the possibilities or a good slap in the inspiration. A master of the prose poem and the unexpected lyric." -Luke Kennard
Kjell Espmark's poems are dramatic monologues in which the dead, some famous, some anonymous, speak to us, hoping for our attention.
JL WIlliams' new collection, her fourth with Shearsman Books, revolves around childbirth and motherhood. The intensity of life suffuses the whole volume.
With this issue, Shearsman magazine marks 40 years of publication. Original poetry from the the UK, Ireland, USA, Australia and India, plus translations from Hungarian, Latin, Spanish and Swedish.
Epic Series brings together three long poems by Elena Rivera previously published in small press limited editions. These poems delve into the complexities of becoming and into what it means... Læs mere
In this generous assembling of work fromthe past ten years, Robert Vas Dias explores meanings and resonances inherent in art and the suggestive implications of objects which both make up the... Læs mere