Inspired by a remark of Seamus Heaney, Lifesaving Poems began life
as notebook, then a blog. How many poems, Heaney wondered, was it
possible to recall responding to, over a lifetime? Was it ten, he
asked, twenty, fifty, a hundred, or more? Lifesaving Poems is a way
of trying to answer that question. Giving himself the constraint of
choosing no more than one poem per poet, Anthony began copying
poems out, one at a time, as it were for safekeeping. He asked
himself: was the poem one he could recall being moved by the moment
he first read it? And: could he live without it? Then he posted
each poem on his blog and said why he liked it. Word spread and
soon his blog had thousands of followers, everyone reading and
responding to the poems he talked about - and sharing his posts.
Now Lifesaving Poems has turned into an anthology, not one designed
to be a perfect list of 'the great and the good', but a gathering
of poems he happens to feel passionate about, according to his
tastes. As Billy Collins says: 'Good poems are poems that I like'.
Anthony's popular personal commentaries are included with the
poems. There are Lifesaving Poems by John Ashbery, Elizabeth
Bishop, Raymond Carver, Carol Ann Duffy, Thom Gunn, Seamus Heaney,
Marie Howe, Jaan Kaplinski, Brendan Kennelly, Jane Kenyon, Galway
Kinnell, Philip Levine, Norman MacCaig, Ian McMillan, Derek Mahon,
Sharon Olds, Mary Oliver, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Jo Shapcott,
Tomas Transtromer, Wislawa Szymborska, and many, many others.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
May 2015 |
| Editors: |
Anthony Wilson
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78037-157-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-78037-157-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781780371573 |
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