Living in the Delta: New and Collected Poems

By Landeg White

Living in the Delta: Collected and New Poems by Landeg White brings together work from nine previous collections. Welsh by birth, White is a citizen of the world, having lived and written and taught on three continents. It is a Welsh tradition to be a traveller, voyager and settler in all parts of the planet, and White's poetry embodies this. It also reflects the ancient tradition of the poet-scholar; he is a noted academic--editor, translator and historian--an authority on Africa and Portuguese literature. As a poet his work is warm, humane, intelligent and immensely readable. A brilliant comic writer who can move in an instant from sly wit to laugh-out-loud funny. Yet suddenly with a poem like "African Incident" you are in the midst of tragedy. Landeg White is a moving celebrant of love and family and community; a passionate, meticulous observer of the natural world -- a complete poet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191040988X
• ISBN13: 9781910409886
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Parthian
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"