Review
'Wise, witty and sophisticatedA...Duncan Forbes writes civilised poetry in a civilised way.'Jim Burns, Ambit'The most underrated poet now writing.'John Whitworth, The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook
The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook
‘The most underrated poet now writing.' John Whitworth
Product Description
"Voice Mail" is Duncan Forbes' first poetry selection since "Taking Liberties" appeared in 1993. A sparkling and varied collection, "Voice Mail" displays the growing range and depth of the poet's talents and marks a number of new departures. Accomplished and observant, witty and touching, often in the same poem, Forbes' work moves from serious elegy ("Father") to comic turns ("Downing Street Cat"). The poems' moods, personnel and forms are as varied as the locations, which shift from the banks of the Severn to California via Greece, Northumberland, Niagara and Melbourne Zoo.
About the Author
Duncan Forbes was born in 1947, read English at Oxford, and is now Head of English at Wycombe Abbey School. His poems have appeared in the Observer, Poetry Review, Spectator and Times Literary Supplement, and have won him a Gregory Award. His first collection, August Autumn, was published by Secker & Warburg in 1984 and he won 1st Prize in the TLS / Blackwells Poetry Competition in 1998.
