Selected Poems 1933-1988

by Gavin Ewart

Book Overview

Gavin Ewart, one of Britain's finest and most original poets, is presented here in a half-century retrospective. His subjects various and his approach toothsomely scathing, he believes: "good light verse is better than bad heavy verse any day of the week." Consider one of his briefest poems, "The Lover Reflects: Afterwards" - "Perhaps I was greedy. I know I should be grateful/You wanted a snack and I wanted a plateful." An inventive technical master...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811210553
• ISBN13: 9780811210553
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 7.9"