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Michael Longley

Author of Collected Poems

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Includes the names: M Longley, Michael Longley

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Works by Michael Longley

Collected Poems (2006) 89 copies
Snow Water (2004) 42 copies
The Stairwell (2014) 37 copies
A Hundred Doors (2011) 37 copies
Selected Poems (1998) 35 copies
The Weather in Japan (1843) 34 copies
Angel Hill (2017) 27 copies
The Ghost Orchid (1995) 25 copies
Gorse Fires (1991) 24 copies
20th Century Irish Poems (Poet to Poet) (2002) — Editor — 21 copies
Poems 1963-1983 (1985) 18 copies
The Candlelight Master (2020) 10 copies

Associated Works

180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (2005) — Contributor — 362 copies
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Contributor — 280 copies
The Penguin Book of Irish Verse (1981) — Contributor — 193 copies
British Poetry Since 1945 (1970) — Contributor, some editions — 166 copies
After Ovid: New Metamorphoses (1994) — Contributor — 153 copies
Emergency Kit (1996) — Contributor, some editions — 108 copies
Selected Poems (1755) — Editor — 92 copies
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths (1684) — Contributor — 68 copies
A Time to Speak (1709) — Preface, some editions — 62 copies
Off The Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse (2016) — Contributor — 29 copies

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A return to some familiar Longley themes of nature, place, family and war. In particular, this volume has an emphasis on the poet's twin brother (weaving in Homeric analogies to his memories), and towards raging, loss and renewal.
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