Selected Poems David Harsent

by David Harsent

In an illustrious career, David Harsent has published eight collections of poetry, from "A Violent County" in 1969 to "Legion", winner of the Forward Prize in 2005. This selection, made by the author himself, draws upon the full arc of his career and offers an outstanding concentration of, and introduction to, the full range and powers of this distinguished poet.

Genres: Poetry

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1989

About the author

David Harsent is an English poet and TV scriptwriter. Harsent also writes crime fiction novels under the pseudonyms David Lawrence, David Pascoe and Jack Curtis. He has published eleven collections of poetry which have won several literary prizes and awards. Legion won the Forward Prize for best collection 2005 and was shortlisted for both the T.S. Eliot and Whitbread Awards.

He lives with his wife, the actress Julia Watson and their daughter in London.

Reviews

[Adam J. M. Eagleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Harsent is among the greatest living poets. If you want to witness beautiful, powerful, endlessly undulating and effortlessly compelling poetry, then read this book without hesitation.

[Benjamin]

I'm not one for poetry. But, I read one of Harsent's poems in The New Yorker and was floored. I hope the rest are just as good.

[Cooch · Rating 4 out of 5]

The poems are best read in their original volumes.

Although some of these poems stand well on their own, you get the feeling that they loose something when removed from their original context where they fit together to form strange stories.

[Andy Crawley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good indeed. But not my taste!