Journeys Across Breath
Poems 1975-2005
Published on 18. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-913513-31-3 (ISBN)
Description
Journeys Across Breath collects poems from the extraordinary career of one of the UK's most significant poets, Stephen Watts. Gathering all of Watts' published works between 1975 and 2005 - as well as a number of unpublished pieces appearing here for the very first time - this collection is an astonishing journey through the life and eyes of a remarkable writer of people and place.
This long-awaited volume presents the breadth of Watts' writing, from early prose poems, through long narrative sequences, fragmentary episodes, and later poetic meditations - all in Watts' unmistakable voice. A writer of both the intensely personal and deeply-felt universal, Watts' poetry charts familial histories, friendships, and encounters, set in both remote, rural landscapes across Europe and the changing, urban environs of East London.
This long-awaited volume presents the breadth of Watts' writing, from early prose poems, through long narrative sequences, fragmentary episodes, and later poetic meditations - all in Watts' unmistakable voice. A writer of both the intensely personal and deeply-felt universal, Watts' poetry charts familial histories, friendships, and encounters, set in both remote, rural landscapes across Europe and the changing, urban environs of East London.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
542 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913513-31-3 (9781913513313)
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Persons
Stephen Watts is a poet and translator born in London in 1952, where he lives and works. He has published seven books of poetry, including Republic of Dogs / Republic of Birds (Test Centre, 2016; Prototype, 2020), Ancient Sunlight (Enitharmon, 2014), Gramsci & Caruso(MilleGru, Monza, 2014), and The Blue Bag (Aark Arts, 2004). The Republics, a film directed by Huw Wahl based on Republic Of Dogs / Republic Of Birds, premiered in 2020. Since 1980, Watts has compiled an ongoing Bibliography of Modern Poetry in English Translation.