Collected Poems by Anne Stevenson poets casting light on the inner

casting light on the inner and outer landscapes of the poet’s life in time

written by a wide variety of poets

sceptical poems are surreal mini-dramas often pivoting on paradoxes

a tubular coolness we must praise again and again’ – Tom Paulin

Collected Poems by Anne Stevenson poets casting light on the innerAnne Stevenson (1933 2020) was a major American and British poet. Born in Cambridge of American parents, she grew up in the States but lived in Britain for most of her adult life. Rooted in close observation of the world and acute psychological insight, her poems continually question how we see and think about the world. They are incisive as well as entertaining, marrying critical rigour with personal feeling, and a sharp wit with an original brand of