A Painted Field: Poems

by Robin Robertson

Book Overview

In these forty-two poems, Robin Robertson demonstrates an astonishing range of style and concerns, in a voice that is utterly original. Whether he is rendering a dramatic new version of Ovid ("The Flaying of Marsyas") or celebrating the ambiguous pleasures of food ("Artichoke"), Robertson's poetry is always lucid, sensuous, and compelling. These are poems that speak of the wounds of memory, the implacable coupling of desire and loss, the fugitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156006472
• ISBN13: 9780156006477
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Harvest Books
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.9"