Selected Poems

by Peter Robinson

A selection from a quarter-century's worth of poetic work, this book draws on Peter Robinson's four books of poetry, adding a group of early poems and a section of new work. The poems focus on the challenges facing expatriate poets, including how to negotiate cultural differences, how to relate to the world they have left, and how to distinguish themselves from their predecessors. Robinson's writing is remarkable for its emotional complexity.

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

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Peter Robinson is a British-born poet. He graduated from the University of York in 1974. In the 1970s he edited the poetry magazine Perfect Bound and helped organize several Cambridge International Poetry Festivals. He was awarded a doctorate in 1981 for a thesis on the poetry of Donald Davie, Roy Fisher and Charles Tomlinson.