Selected Poems

by James Fenton

Book Overview

Listen to what they did.
Don't listen to what they said.
What was written in blood
Has been set up in lead.
--from Blood and Lead

The leading poet of his generation, James Fenton has over the course of his career built a body of work breathtaking in its range and sensibility. From the passionate political poems that launched him into fame to the intimate illuminations of love--and loss of love--in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374260656
• ISBN13: 9780374260651
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"