Lives of the Poets

By Alan Halsey

Poetry. This new book by Alan Halsey comprises 191 poems of the lives of British poets . Each "Life" is a poem distilled in a few highly concentrated lines and a "life" may be revealed in a tiny concatenation of phrase and fragment. Pithy, allusive and sympathetic the lives celebrate poets from Chaucer to Lionel Johnson. The famous (Wyatt, W.S., Milton, Pope, two Coleridges, two Brownings) appear alongside the lesser-known. The result is a must read book by one of the best living British poets. LIVES OF THE POETS is gorgeously produced by Five Seasons. Halsey is the publisher of West House Books and the author of many books available from SPD, the most recent of which is MARGINALIEN also by Five Seasons.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0947960597
• ISBN13: 9780947960599
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Five Seasons Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.0"