Comments on previous work by Peter Hughes: 'a poet who stands at
the very forefront of twenty-first-century lyricism' —Ian
Brinton, P.N. Review 'Peter Hughes personalises and modernises the
Romantic lyric mode of address, blending it into the stratum of
practical everyday living with its hassles and clutter, and the
conversational speaking voice. He plays with the inheritance of the
European love poem as a renewal of it, sometimes seeming to
undermine it and then folding it back into his purpose. This is a
poet working very much in his own way, and breaking the rules of
just about all current schools.' —Peter Riley 'Peter Hughes has
persevered in the face of everything that conspires to stop you
doing it. This is now a measured poetry of the everyday, an intense
clarity produced from a steady gaze and replete with respect for
the otherness of people, place and things. It is immanent with the
numinous which moves towards the surface and sometimes manifests
itself in a startling cognition.' —John James 'I turn the new
page and am in bliss with the pertinence and grace of the living
language.' —Kelvin Corcoran 'Read it, in the expectation of any
number of lyrical pleasures, for the ear, for the play of line
against continuous movement, for its celebration of remembered
pleasures, for its good will and for its wit. By this last, I mean
a mind in evidence in the poems that can constantly surprise itself
in the turns of speech, that can dance in the syllables and still
have world and experience in its sights.' —John Hall
General
Imprint: |
Shearsman Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Peter Hughes
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
92 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84861-878-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-84861-878-6 |
Barcode: |
9781848618787 |
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