North by South: New and Selected Poems by John Davies (English) Paperback Book

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This volume of selected poems by John Davies draws from his previous five collections. Adroit in a wide variety of styles and forms, Davies produces telling satire alongside the perceptively delicate and observational, confirming the breadth of his poetic vision. Davies has lived in Utah, Michigan, and Washington state, and the tension between rootedness and movement, between belonging and the cosmopolitan, is a theme that runs throughout his work. Nature and humankind's relationship with it plays a significant role.

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North by South is that landmark volume, a selected poems. It draws on Davies' previous five collections, including The Visitor's Book, for which he shared the Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize with Vikram Seth. Technically adroit and writing in a wide variety of styles and forms, Davies is one of the few contemporary poets able to produce telling satire, although his pungently humorous poems sit alongside the tellingly delicate and observational and confirm the breadth of his poetic vision. Born in Port Talbot, Davies has spent half his life in north Wales, in Prestatyn, where he was a teacher. He also taught for periods in Utah and Washington state, and the tension between rootedness and movement, between belonging (with all that involves in Wales) and the cosmopolitan is a theme which runs throughout his work. Wherever he has lived and written, nature and man's relationship with it has also played a significant role, from the 'Echoing shafts [that] speak / louder than men' of coal and lead mines in Wales to the birds of the world (which Davies now carves in wood) this is a poetry through which the reader engages with the truths of the natural world.

Author Biography

John Davies grew up in the south Wales steel town of Port Talbot but has lived for many years on the north Wales coast in Prestatyn, where he taught English. He also taught in Michigan, Washington State, and Brigham Young University in the United States before taking early retirement to focus on his wood carving.

Review

"The characteristic strengths of John Davies' writing all point back to his being a 'thinking' poet--his concern with ideas; his commitment to exploration, discovery and definition; his frequent rhythmic seriousness; his wit." --Poetry Wales"The most subtle Anglo-Welsh confrontation with America that I know." --Tony Conran

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"The most subtle Anglo-Welsh confrontation with America that I know." -Tony Conran

Details ISBN1854113259 Author John Davies Language English ISBN-10 1854113259 ISBN-13 9781854113252 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 821.914 Short Title NORTH BY SOUTH NEW/E Subtitle New and Selected Poems DOI 10.1604/9781854113252 UK Release Date 2002-10-18 Imprint Seren Place of Publication Bridgend Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2002-10-18 NZ Release Date 2002-10-18 Pages 156 Publisher Poetry Wales Press Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-10-18 Audience General We've got this

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