For a number of years now Landeg White's poetry has been virtually
unavailable. This new collection should help overcome that problem.
The scope in this collection is broad, and brings with it various
flavors of the "exotic" that mark White out as individual, and
indeed unique among poets from Wales. But these flavors are not
mere local color. He has been assimilated within the cultural
scenes of various African and Caribbean countries and understands
the political situations there. And his poems about his new home of
Portugal display a manifest and hard-won interest in everything
from cuisine to literature to the environment. This is a book of
journeys, of memorable encounters, of familial duties in foreign
places. It's a carefully crafted collection by a writer who
believes in the importance of rhyme and rhythm. Form--relaxed but
present--is precious to White. His rhyme schemes and sometimes
traditional cadences illustrate a poet in tight control of his
material and muse. Above all, the poems have a marvelous
accessibility.
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