William Plomer: Selected Poems, edited by Neilson Mackay Valley Press His style is one of

His style is one of extraordinary grandeur and ambition…a monumental drive

as a combination of sadness and courage

Non-linear images are subverted by shattered narratives

Other modern and contemporary poets and songwriters featured include Gillian Allnutt

Rodney Pybus

William Plomer: Selected Poems, edited by Neilson Mackay Valley Press His style is one ofBy turns lyrical, amatory, satirical and dramatic, William Plomer addresses his favourite subjects Africa, the divided self, aesthetic pleasure, the macabre and the absurd with a formal assurance, bleak wit and urgency of feeling. This rich and thorough selection presents, for the first time in almost fifty years, Plomer? s best. "Neilson MacKay has performed a welcome rescue operation on the unjustly forgotten William Plomer, novelist, librettist,