Poems Written Abroad is the first publication of the earliest collection of poetry by the famous poet, novelist, literary critic, translator, and radical, Sir Stephen Spender (1909-1995). Spender wrote and compiled this manuscript in 1927, when he was living in Nantes and Lausanne. In tone and diction, Spender's poems range from creatively traditional to unexpectedly innovative. They reflect his reading in Shakespeare and French poetry, as well as his absorption in music and modern art. They also document his struggles with his sexual identity and his emerging desire to devote his life, at whatever cost, to the writing of poetry. This beautiful facsimile edition, authorized by the Spender estate, faithfully reproduces the features of the original manuscript now held by the Lilly Library, including the frontispiece, an ink drawing by Spender himself, and little-known photographs of the poet. The editor's extensive introduction and detailed explanatory notes situate Spender's juvenilia in the context of his life and work and the history of modern poetry. The volume will appeal to readers with interests in modern poetry, gender studies, and fine books.

Excerpt from Hic Et ILLIC: Poems Written at Home and Abroad For instance, I have translated one of Petrarch's sonnets, 'the Voyage', not because it wasespecially Petrarchian, but because it was so modern, because it had the flavour of Giacomo Leopardi. Again, I have brought a reference to the 'hippolytus' of Euripides into the poem on Etna, because I had in my mind Professor Gilbert Murray's spirited translation. And it was Collins' 'ode to Evening' that induced me to translate the 'el Crepusculo' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Abroad from thoughts is a thought provoking collection of poems that deal with everyday issues in many different ways in a way to make the reader come to their own conclusions. Various methods are used to achieve this including humour, humility, poignancy and love. With every poem there is room for interpretation for the reader to add their own personal views to a story told that may touch some aspect of real life. It is a book that will make you laugh, cry and most importantly think. If you have absolutely no interest in poetry, this book may just change your mind and keep you looking for more. If you already have the interest then this book will satisfy a thirst for something new that is not being written by authors today. This book will be enjoyed for all and you won't want to put it down. I have enjoyed writing it however the real enjoyment comes from reading it, as you will find out.

Excerpt from Days of Destiny: War Poems at Home and Abroad The majority of the shorter poems included in this volume have been published in The Times, others in Tke Contemporary Review, Yorkslzire Post, Observer, Nation and the Westminster and Pall Mall Gazettes; my thanks are due to the Editors for their kind per mission to republish. Ten poems are published for the first time. Apart from the dedicatory poem, they are given in the order in which they were written, and, where necessary, dates attached. The first alone is concerned with the national rather than the international situation, but the brevity of the inter val between it and the second seems now full of significance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Travel is a State of Mind, by Brad Fairchild and Larry Corse, is an exuberant, poignant, and often powerful volume of poems and photographs. Inspired by a month touring in Europe with friends, the poems bring to life moments of 1000 years of history and the ever-ephemeral present. In small miracles of image, they capture incidents from the lives of the painters-Pieter Breughel, Egon Schiele-as well as glimpses like "your head bobbing on the crowd like Marie Antoinette's," or a stained glass portrait of a medieval monarch "barking commands through painted glass lips-wide-eyed and grimy." Many of these "portraits" go deftly beneath the surface of the art and monuments the writers visit-Empress Maria-Teresa of Austria suspended live in her coffin, the self-consciousness of a boy being painted nude by Anton Kolig, furtive lovers having coitus on a bicycle on a bridge at night in Amsterdam. But also, the poems show us the ever-disappearing surface, with its luminous, mundane mystery-a ripped settee cushion at the Hotel Jeanne d'Arc, an old man in Munich dragging a mattress upstairs. The photos and cover art by Christopher McCarra give an unusually strong enhancement to the poems. The overall effect of the book is arresting-a surprising and powerfully felt sense of the richness of life, its perpetual mingling of past and present-lovely, baffling, stern and uncompromising." -Linda Taylor, poet "Corse and Fairchild have successfully created a lively narrative that is at once colorful, suggestive and incredibly engaging. They offer us a collection of transient moments in time, masterfully woven together in a charming and remarkably intimate lyrical tapestry. A truly delightful read that not only captures the allure and romance of the journey, but also offers a brilliant insight into the consciousness of the traveler." - Oliver Self "Fairchild and Corse send gilded greetings from some of Europe's most dazzling cities. Their poems are the interiors of picture postcards often mirroring each other. They take us beneath the senses to those jeweled chambers where we feel what we see. For anyone who has ever been seduced by Old World charms these poems will carry you back like a beloved souvenir." - Franklin Abbott, author of Mortal Love: Selected Poems and editor of Boyhood: Growing Up Male.