Kinsella, Thomas
Last Poems
- ISBN 13:
- 9781800173354
- author:
- Kinsella, Thomas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Carcanet Press Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 136
- Dimensions:
- 1.2 x 13.6 x 13.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Poetry, General, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Thomas Kinsella's Last Poems brings together his final Peppercanister pamphlets with new poems, fragments and revised work completed before his death in 2021. This collection showcases the poet's characteristic meditative sequences and glittering late fragments. Kinsella's poetry is marked by its elemental concerns and a poetics that seeks to address pressing questions of our time. His work explores themes of age and mortality, the impact of war, and the complex relationships between religion and science. Through his poems, Kinsella offers a unique perspective on the human predicament. This collection provides a valuable insight into the poet's final thoughts and creative output, just before his passing in 2021.