Half-Light & Other Poems Mohja Kahf

Half-Light & Other Poems Mohja KahfHalf Light & Other Poems brings together the most important and enduring poems by this neglected writer, one of Russias great 19th century poets. In a new translation by Peter France, the philosophical, social and iterary struggles of Russia under Tsar Nicholas I are brought to vivid life in the verses of a man who felt profoundly and was highly skilled at expressing his emotions and beliefs in dazzling, often fantastical fashion.

Little Amwell

Berger the poet demonstrates an enduring commitment to the extraordinary lives of ordinary people

and continue to bear comparison with current efforts to render his tenderly taxing voice

His narrative poems are precise

Halperin’s uniquely conversational poetic mode is known to those who have followed his ‘late arrival’ beginning with the seminal Anniversary (2010

banipaltrust

Skinner's language is accessible but crackles with apt surprise

” — Books for Keeps

with works by four of the most important voices on the UAE poetry scene

Cumbria and Hong Kong

The title poem of The Mischievous Boy has been set to music by Derek Ball and is the subject of a stained glass window by Phyllis Burke

and very much enjoying the ride