Collected Poems by Fleur Adcock (Paperback) french between past and present

between past and present

and pieces of dialogue

it forces a reckoning with her family’s suffering under Japan’s brutal wartime occupation of the Philippines

so this book of ‘pearls’ is not only for poetry lovers but also for anyone who has ever treasured a piece of jewellery

his delicate but probing selection of word and phrase uplifts and inspires

Collected Poems by Fleur Adcock (Paperback) french between past and presentFleur Adcock is one of Britain's most accomplished poets. Her poised, ironic poems are tense and tightly controlled as well as shrewdly laconic, and often chilling as she unmasks the deceptions of love or unravels family lives. Disarmingly conversational in style, they are remarkable for their psychological insight and their unsentimental, mischievously casual view of personal relationships. Born in New Zealand, she has explored questions of identity