New Selected Poems: Vernon Watkins

by Vernon Watkins, Richard Ramsbotham (Editor)

Vernon Watkins was an accomplished Welsh poet, published throughout his lifetime and acclaimed by his peers, but in recent years, public awareness of Watkins has ceased, creating a bizarre gap in the perception of 20th-century poetry. This new selection introduces his work to a new generation.

Genres: Poetry

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2006

About the author

Vernon Phillips Watkins (1906–1967) was a Welsh poet and translator. He was a close friend of fellow poet Dylan Thomas, who described him as "the most profound and greatly accomplished Welshman writing poems in English".

Reviews

[Lewis Isbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a poem is always
A piece of luck