Collected Poems

by hugo-williams

In gathering four decades of work, Hugo Williams's
Collected Poems brings back into print a vast body of material long since unavailable - from his 1965 debut
Symptoms of Loss to
Self-Portrait With a Slide (1990) - including
Writing Home (1985), described by Mick Imlah in the Independent on Sunday as 'a classic of creative autobiography'. The edition is brought right up to date with his most recent
Dock Leaves , a PBS Choice of 1994, and
Billy's Rain , winner of the 1999 T. S. Eliot Award.
Collected Poems brings together work from eight books that testify to Hugo Williams's reputation as a master of irony and autobiography; a writer subtly able to 'slip back to the past as effortlessly as a dreamer' ( The Times ).

Genres: Poetry

Hardcover

First published September 16, 2002

Reviews

[Tomek Fijałkowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great one! One of the best english poets of the XX century. Read it now!

[Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fluent but forgettable.

[F J Gilbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Hugo Williams's poetry, it is so effortless seeming, witty, tender, but has such depths. This collection contains the unbearably moving and funny Leaving Home collection. Essential reading!

[Sylvia Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like many collections of poems some appealed more than others but overall this collection said a lot about school life, relationships with parents and partners, struggles and joys and so much more. we really enjoyed sharing this collection, a few every day with our early morning cup of tea.

[lw · Rating 3 out of 5]

hugo williams is an exceptionally talented poet who too often wastes that skill on being boring