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Birmingham River by Roy Fisher
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Category: Poetry | Series: Oxford Poets S.
Birmingham River is Roy Fisher's first book of poems since Poems 1955-1987 , published by OUP in 1988. Including a sequence of `Six Texts for a Film', which provided the basis for an Arts Council film made by Tom Pickard, the collection contains much varied work, and a warmer, more relaxed tone than pre ...Show more
H. M. S. "Glasshouse" by Sean O'Brien
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Category: Poetry | Series: Oxford Poets S.
Born in London in 1952, Sean O'Brien is one of Britain's most vital young poets. Winner of several prestigious literary awards, including an Eric Gregory Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Cholmondeley Award, his poems are angry, political, and painful, but never become merely denunciatory thank ...Show more
Taxing the Rain by Penelope Shuttle
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Category: Poetry | Series: Oxford Poets S.
This is Penelope Shuttle's first book of verse since Adventures with my Horse in 1988. The title poem, `Taxing the Rain', introduces a new, gently ironic, political note to a collection otherwise full of work more usually identifiable with this author: outspoken love poems; poems about children and anim ...Show more
The Automatic Oracle by Peter Porter
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Category: Poetry | Series: Oxford Poets S.
With this new collection, Peter Porter shows his maturity as a poet and displays his ability to work in a variety of forms. The "oracle" of the title is the English language, with the poet acting as a "priest" bound to carry messages to the outside world. Porter's themes here are childhood, dreams, pain ...Show more
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