Eminently readable and engaging, The New Faber Book of Love Poems Well I wanted a book of poems, so it certainly delivered.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was Oxford Professor of Poetry for the period 1994-99. James Fenton.
Penguin, 2006 / 224 pages
'Fenton Gitzen, Julian. Forbes singled out “Jerusalem,” which he felt “captures the terror and weight of symbolism impacted into one small city.” Don Bogen in Nation, citing the same poem, described Fenton as “something of a warrior archaeologist himself…he builds his strongest poems around repeating patterns of history—oppression and retaliation; tyranny, revolution and new tyranny—using repetition in his verse forms and word choices to outline the nightmare cycles.” Fenton returned briefly to England as a political reporter for the New Statesmen, and then spent a year in Germany as a correspondent for the Guardian. Fenton After winning an Eric Gregory award for his first full-length collection Terminal Moraine (1972), Fenton used the prize money to travel to Southeast Asia, where he worked as a freelance reporter.
'The Betrayal and the Brilliance.' and a full range of poetic styles from the aristocratic to the popular. Fenton's Selected Poems
Wouldn't consider them all must-reads though.
In Paris With You by James Fenton. Paul Theroux has said about his long poem 'The Memory of War' (1982): James Fenton's poems "are passionate and personal; they can also be extremely funny and violent; they are always full of the pleasures of the language." Fenton's special Poetry Archive webpage and listen to recordings James Fenton poems, quotations and biography on James Fenton poet page. James Fenton was born in Lincoln in 1949 and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry.
Though he found he could not immediately write about his experiences in Vietnam and Cambodia, Fenton eventually published The Memory of War (1982), the volume that made his reputation as a political poet of astonishing prowess. on Spanish ballads]. 'In Paris with You'. The Guardian and Lives.'
Our Western Furniture, Sycamore Press, Oxford, 1968 edits The New Faber Book of Love Poems, "James Fenton's The New Faber Book of Love Poems poems to opera libretti. The poem, which is about the catastrophic meeting of American and Japanese forces in the mid-nineteenth century, displays many of the themes and techniques that would preoccupy Fenton for the rest of his career. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site. It came into being as a result of a meeting, in
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Fenton has consistently drawn on historical and political realities culled from his years as a journalist, a career he pursued after leaving Oxford. Carrington. the whole range of his work from light-verse to political and love Every single person that visits PoemAnalysis.com has helped contribute, so thank you for your support. The Love Bomb, Penguin / Faber and Faber, London, 2003 [Children in Exile: Poems 1968-1984]. A rat?I …, How can the heart live that loved once so well?The body that knew love without deceit?For I remember now I …, My mind was racing.It was some years from now.We were together again in our old flat.You were …, Was that your idea of love?Was that your idea of love?Those brilliantly confected lies –They ….
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