Conjurors Poems

Binding: Paperback
Description: In Conjurors a major poet is revealed for the first time. Julian Orde (1917 74) published only in magazines during her lifetime. A friend of Stevie Smith and an intimate of Dylan Thomas and W. S. Graham she was one of those 'peripheral figures who turns out to be a centre in her own right. Her evolving worlds and changing landscapes as a writer come alive in these substantial unexpected poems. Her lyrical surrealism is prophetic and retains its charge: The speckled water rippled into minnows Of worms and turf smelt all the fish pale morning Earth pushed up its smell of worms through grass and wet Through sodden leaf mushroom and winking frog. I on the bank lived quick as breathing frog Its lungs and mine puffed out September's thin Morning sallow and silver fish - filled the sky in a river. Wherever I go in the guilty years there still Goes my innocence with me . William Empson celebrated her. Wonder at nature wonder at all experience is her note and she gets a great deal of variety into it; also she has a beautiful ear and a supply of unforced humour.'
Title: Conjurors Poems
Author(s): Orde Julian, James Keery
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
Barcode: 9781800174559
Pages: 144 Pages
Publication Date: 11/28/2024
Category: Poetry By Individual Poets