Late Thoughts in March

by John Powell Ward

Ward's poems have a bracing freshness. He is extremely aware of the basis of language, of the alphabet as an abstract, symbolic and sacred presence, and he is wary of pinning down experience with it. His poems are as carefully composed for sound as music; philosophically they are open and searching.

Ward stands persona and narrative poems on their heads, turning them into amalgams of thought, impression and imagery which reflect reality's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854112503
• ISBN13: 9781854112507
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Seren Books
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"