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A sequence of poems in three voices that introduces a ghostly eternal triangle whose lines are ruled feint or bold in response to situation, time and change.

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'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

Local Habitation A Sequence of Poems

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      Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/06/2009
      ISBN13: 9780856464188, 978-0856464188
      ISBN10: 085646418X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A sequence of poems in three voices that introduces a ghostly eternal triangle whose lines are ruled feint or bold in response to situation, time and change.

      Trade Review
      '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

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