The beginnings of "the poetic Roland" were mostly penned in a Waco coffee shop in early 2002, then portions were scribbled in notebooks in train compartments all over Europe; and more were written in Japan. This multipart narrative fragment builds a fantasy frame for the mostly romantic, mostly sad, mostly sonnets which follow.

"100 Rhymes for Life" is a remarkable collection of 100 deeply moving poems penned by a resilient doctor turned poet, born out of his personal journey of catharsis and triumph over hardship and heartbreak. Each poem in this profound anthology is infused with raw emotions and profound insights, offering solace, inspiration, and a renewed perspective on life's challenges. Through evocative verses and poignant metaphors, the author effortlessly captures the universal experiences and emotions that resonate with readers from all walks of life. With profound depth, these poems delve into the complex tapestry of human existence, addressing themes of love, loss, resilience, and the indomitable spirit of the human soul. "100 Rhymes for Life" serves as a guiding light, providing readers with the courage to confront their own struggles and find healing and growth within. With each page turned, readers embark on a transformative journey that awakens their inner strength, encourages self-reflection, and instils a renewed sense of purpose. This remarkable collection is a testament to the power of words, offering solace, inspiration, and a path forward for anyone seeking to navigate life's challenges with grace and resilience.

Poems, mostly sonnets, written since the completion of my last collection. In these works, concrete imagery and metaphysical reflection serve as lenses to survey a number of durable realities. The progression from "Thinging" to "Thinking," as well as the philosophical nature of many of these poems, derives from the major intellectual adjustments that have resulted from my embrace of the Catholic faith and the metaphysical realism, best worked out by St. Thomas Aquinas, that follows naturally from that understanding. A brief annotated selection of 1995 poems provides some depth of field for the intellectual and poetic landscape here sketched.

This critical study covers the whole range of Dylan Thomas's writing, both poetry and prose, in an accessible appraisal of the work and achievement of a major and dynamic poet. It interrelates the man and his national-cultural background by defining in detail the Welshness of his poetic temperament and critical attitudes, as both man and poet. At the same time, it illustrates Thomas's wide knowledge of and impact on the long and varied tradition of poetry in English. In that connection, it delineates and delimits Thomas's relationship to surrealism, compares and contrasts his work with that of other poets of the 1930s and 1940s, and shows how its power survives his early death in 1953, in the decade of the 'Movement' poets and beyond. A major aspect of this book is the close textual analysis of the works quoted; it explores anew the recognition due to the man who wrote the work, and helps us to separate the intrinsic achievement of the work from the foisted perceptions of the 'legend'.

Charles M. Kemp, A resident and citizen of the United States of America. Retiring after an illustrious Military career, he is Fulfilling his Lifelong dream of becoming an author.

A wonderful edition of Herbert's poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul. George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love. This volume, edited by John Drury, collects Herbert's complete poetry - including such classics of English devotional poetry as 'The Altar', Easter-Wings' and 'Love'. It also includes the verse Herbert wrote in Latin, newly translated into English by Victoria Moul. George Herbert was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time 'lost himself in a humble way', devoting himself to the restoration of a church and then to his parish of Bemerton, three miles from Salisbury. When in the year of his death his friend Nicholas Ferrar published Herbert's poems under the title The Temple, his fame was quickly established. John Drury is Chaplain and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His books include The Burning Bush (1990), Painting the Word (1999), and, most recently, Music at Midnight, the culmination of a lifetime's interest in Herbert. Victoria Moul is Lecturer in Latin Literature and Language at Kings College London. She is author of Jonson, Horace and the Classical Tradition (2010) and editor of Neo-Latin Literature (2014).