Veii and other poems (Carcanet Poetry) By Robert Wells

Name: Veii and other poems (Carcanet Poetry) By Robert Wells
Brand: Carcanet Press Ltd

Carcanet Press Ltd

The title poem of this collection, Robert Wells's first since the Collected Poems and Translations of 2009, revisits in memory the site of the once great Etruscan city of Veii. There as a child the poet discovered an incised potsherd: 'Was that the day when antiquity / \u2013 The place where all is over and done \u2013 / Took ineluctable hold of me?'\nThe poems return to familiar places and themes from a later 'now', a revised perspective: memories are real, perhaps more vivid than before, but further off, measuring time and age. Ancient coins abound. In 'The Coin Cabinet' they are conjured in their variety by means of a series of epithetic evocations, so that one does not doubt their reality, or the complex mythology they evoke and the economy rooted in long traditions and rich in\n\nVeii and other poems\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the price advertised is as low as we c;