This sequence of poems in three voices introduces a ghostly eternal triangle whose lines are ruled feint or bold in response to situation, time and change. A man and two women explore their memories in conversational poems which, in their combination of lyric and narrative, form a novel contribution to poetry. The story is of an abruptly ended first love affair, an encounter and marriage with another, the joy of birth, the mourning for the infant's death and its aftermath. The voices of the protagonists, rooted in their local habitations, weave in and out of the speech and consciousness of each of them with all the nuances, pleasures and regrets of hindsight and its shifts in recollection.

About the Author
Peter Dale is renowned for his translations from French (Corbiere, Laforgue, Valery and Villon) and Italian (a complete terza rima English version of Dante's 'Divine Comedy'). His new and selected poems, 'Edge to Edge', appeared in 1997 and was followed by 'Under the Breath' in 2002. He now lives in Cardiff.

Reviews
'Peter Dale is the most underrated poet of his generation' - Michael Donaghy 'Dale's lyric style is intensely intimate whilst avoiding the histrionic pitfalls of the confessional mode. His formidable formal control is similarly understated, living up to his own injunction that "a poet shouldn't draw attention to his stylistic self; the poem should be a lens through which something crucial is seen."' - Esther Morgan, introducing Peter Dale's National Poetry Archive CD



Book Information
ISBN 9780856464188
Author Peter Dale
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd