Selected Poems
Hale and Iremonger, 175 p., $19.95, $9.95 pb.,
A Possible Contemporary Poetry
Makar Press, 160 p., $15.95, $8.95 pb.
Poems
The Tranter Version … A Possible Contemporary Poetry
by Barbara Giles •
I’m a speedy reader, a rapid degutter of poems, yet it took me days to read John Tranter’s Selected Poems. This poetry is so packed with meaning, with metaphor, so inventive, intelligent, and funny it’s impossible to hurry. It left me, though I’d read most of it before, wishing for a Complete Poems to fill the gaps.
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