Things To Say by John Lucas

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John Lucas’ ninth full collection of poetry begins with a long poem echoing Auden’s “Letter to Lord Byron”, and discusses love, art, politics, social class and the industrial midlands. He then moves on to wars, ancient and modern, concluding with Lucas’ alter-ego, Thorn Gruin, moaning pitifully as always. 64pp

John Lucas is a major modern poet who has written for all the leading literary journals of the day, including London Review of Books, Poetry Review and the Times Literary Supplement.