The Orchid Boat by Lee Harwood
The Orchid Boat is a weave of stories: some personal, some historical, some real, some imaginary. Often these may co-exist in a poem just as they do in one's everyday mind, as a collage mirroring our own perception of the world. It is a mix that can include Alexandria or China or Brighton or North Wales. These interwoven stories insist on the acceptance of contradictions and complexity in people and in life; a recognition characteristic of Harwood s poetry and shaped by his acknowledged influences: Gide, de Montherlant and Cavafy, John Ashbery and Frank O'Hara. In Harwood s poems the richest material and tone is found in the ordinary, and in The Orchid Boat this focus is thrown into even greater relief as he explores the power and weight of memories.
Harwood, Lee: - Lee Harwood (1939-2015) grew up in Surrey, and spent the majority of his adult life living in Brighton. In a writing career that began in the early 1960s he published over twenty volumes of poetry and prose, as well as translations of Tristan Tzara. His work has been widely anthologised and he is regarded by many as one of the finest English poets of the post-War era. His Collected Poems was published by Shearsman Books in 2004, to great acclaim. A Selected Poems followed in 2008, and a final small collection, The Orchid Boat, appeared in 2014.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781907587535 |
| ISBN 10 | 1907587535 |
| Title | The Orchid Boat |
| Author | Lee Harwood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Enitharmon Press |
| Year published | 2014-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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