A unique collection of poems enriched by various languages
Oxford author and Finnish citizen Michael Pickering brings us a lifetime's body of poems, influenced by his long absence from England“In a poem, the images of sound and meaning are compressed. Really little goes to waste. Read it, re-read it, and what you remember is not just something said, but something said in a certain way. Think of it as the sculpting of language into meaning with the gestures of thought," says Michael Pickering, in his introduction to The Compass Dances, comprising poems written from 1955 to 2015.
It is a strikingly original collection, enhanced by Michael’s