Poems 1956-1986 by James Simmons
Irish poet and singer James Simmons has been much praised for his 'atrocious honesty' (Irish Times), for being 'humane, entertaining, honest' (TLS) and 'tender, sensual, totally unromantic and totally honest' (Adrian Henri). P.J. Kavanagh, writing in the Guardian, called him a 'dangerous truth-teller, with a cool, factual tenderness, the like of which I have seldom seen done better, and seldom seen at all'. This new, large selection includes poems from nine previous books, including Judy Garland the the Cold War, Constantly Singing and From the Irish.
Authentic and moving poems made out of the chaos of immediate history* Irish Press *
Simmons is a one-off, highly skilled and versatile, a genuinely accessible writer, who speaks from the life endured or enjoyed by many. Poems 1956-1986 deserves to be widely and repeatedly read. -- Sean O'Brien
Simmons is a one-off, highly skilled and versatile, a genuinely accessible writer, who speaks from the life endured or enjoyed by many. Poems 1956-1986 deserves to be widely and repeatedly read. -- Sean O'Brien
James Simmons was born in Derry in 1933 and died in County Donegal in 2001. He taught in universities in Ireland, England and Africa and was Writer-in-Residence at Queen’s University, Belfast. His collections of poems included Late but in Earnest, Energy to Burn, Constantly Singing and From the Irish. His Poems 156-1986 was published by Bloodaxe Books with The Gallery Press in 1986. Founder editor of The Honest Ulsterman and author of Seán O’Casey (1983), he released a number of LPs of his own songs. With his wife, Janice Fitzpatrick Simmons, he founded The Poet’s House, first in Islandmagee, County Antrim, and then in Falcarragh, County Donegal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852240202 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852240202 |
| Title | Poems 1956-1986 |
| Author | James Simmons |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloodaxe Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1986-11-27 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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