The Mower: New & Selected Poems

by Langdon Hammer and Andrew Motion

Book Overview

This selection, chosen by Andrew Motion himself from three decades of work, is an outstanding representation of the British poet's varied body of work--elegies, sonnets, poems of social and political observation, and unsentimental poems about childhood, post-war England, the natural world.

About his poetry, Motion has observed: "I want my writing to be as clear as water. No ornate language; very few obvious tricks. I want readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567923895
• ISBN13: 9781567923896
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"