The English River by Virginia Astley Robyn Schiff This format makes it even

This format makes it even more suitable as a gift book for all those people you’re sure would love modern poetry if only they were familiar with these kinds of poems

Matthias’s first volume of entirely new poems since Complayntes for Doctor Neuro (Shearsman

to be / concealing precisely as he displays

‘The greatest poet of the twentieth century

In the modern period the college has welcomed poets including Thom Gunn and Sophie Hannah

The English River by Virginia Astley Robyn Schiff This format makes it evenVirginia Astley has been a much admired songwriter and musician since the 1980s, known for her engaging lyrics as well as for her melodious style. Now her other two passions take centre stage in this book: poetry and the River Thames. She grew up by the rivers upper reaches, knew the old lock keepers and was familiar with all aspects of the Thames and its hinterland: both the natural world and the people whose lives are intimately connected with the