Eric Roach (1915–1974)
Autor von The Flowering Rock: Collected Poems, 1938-74
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World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Mitwirkender — 447 Exemplare
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My complaint is mild - and largely rhetorical - as this is the only collection of his work, published posthumously, and brings together material which was only ever published in local newspapers and literary journals. The BBC's Caribbean Voices programme was the only international outlet to broadcast his work; ironically, straight back to the Caribbean. His work is often anthologised - 'Homestead' perhaps the best known and loved of his poems - but this collection shows a craft refined over decades that an anthology will never do justice to.
This won't be a review, or even a lament, just a hope that - should anyone see this collection lying unloved in a dusty bookshop corner - it should be read, and cherished.… (mehr)