Philip Dacey (1939–2016)

A very powerful though sometimes very grim collection. A lot of poems on death and loneliness; some moved me to tears. Some agreeable ones on love.Has poems by many recognized major poets and samples by others I did not know. Only a few poems by any one athor, which I think is good but may be due to writers only choosing to write a few poems in traditional forms. Includes a few by X.J. Kennedy whom I heard read poetry and discuss his traditional verse magazine Counter-measures. Has a useful show more list in back of the forms used. show less

Interesting to read poems in traditional forms that are modern. Also helpful to learn the variety of available froms and how they can still be used without seeming contrived or dead.