Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 77 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Poetry; English Poetry; Poetry collections. 1 Kg.

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Title: The impossible : and other poems / R.A. Simpson
Publisher: [Wollongong, N.S.W.] : Five Islands Press
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN 10: 0864184905
ISBN 13: 9780864184900
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: First Edition.
Weight: 1 kilogram

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"In this collection we can find the mature fruits of Simpson's art surely and steadily represented. His is not a flash nor a high-octane poetry: it is the testimony of a wise, reflective imagination. These are poems which spell out, again and again, one man's encounters with a resistant, baffling world; language and rhythm are pared back to the point where nothing but truth is sought, nothing but stoicism on display." --Chris Wallace-Crabbe

"Simpson is very good, at his best, at using wit's precision to keep an edge on contemplation." -- Peter Steele, ABR

"Pruned, elegant, and with a touch of wry scepticism, the poems explore relationships, the past, aspirations and lack of fulfilment, balancing the ghosts of childhood against the fallible knowledge of the adult." --David Gilbey, ABR

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