Catch The Light

by Vernon Scannell, Gregory Harrison, Smith Scannell

A collection of twenty-four poems by three contemporary English poets.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

A poet, novelist, teacher, and professional boxer, he served in the Gordon Highlanders in the Middle East and took part in the D-day landings, where he was wounded on patrol. He deserted after the war and was eventually court-martialed, and was sent to a psychiatric hospital. Scannell won many poetry awards, including for war poems such as his collection Walking Wounded.

Reviews

[Genetic Cuckoo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this book with another from the three poet series during a visit to Hay on Wye, but I preferred the other book much more and didn't really connect with many of these poems.