Adonis Blue
Published on 31. May 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-0-85646-362-4 (ISBN)
Description
The themes of Donald Ward's poems are traditional - human relationships, religious meditation and, above all, the natural world. Yet their expression is entirely his own, combining a fine lyricism with striking imagery. At first glance familiar, Ward's landscapes, animals and people become both strange and more real through his intensity of perception.
Reviews / Votes
'To introduce this posthumous new collection of Donald's poems is a melancholy pleasure, but when a writer dies in his nineties, with his senses washed and alert, still keeping faith with his idiosyncratic vision, there must be more admiration than sadness.'From Peter Scupham's PrefaceMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carcanet Press Ltd
ISBN-13
978-0-85646-362-4 (9780856463624)
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Person
Donald Ward was born in Belmont, Surrey, in 1909, but lived virtually his entire life in Kent. Leaving school at 14, he worked for the Post Office until his retirement in 1972 after nearly fifty years' service. He came to writing relatively late, publishing his first volume of poems, 'The Dead Snake', at the age of 62. It received an Arts Council Award, and several books and pamphlets appeared over the subsequent thirty years. He died in February 2003, shortly after completing work on 'Adonis Blue'.