Oli Hazzard: 3 books

The first book of poems by Oli Hazzard, this compilation exposes its author as a consummate master of language, a gifted writer of free verse with the ability to write in traditional poetic forms and stretch the forms to their limits. Through lyrical poems and satires, this collection explores contrasting...

Oli Hazzard's Blotter consists of five sequences, each constructed using a different process. In "Graig Syfyrddin" notes on hillwalking in the Welsh marches – the poet's former home – alternate with found text taken from an online walking forum. "Blotter" is a shepherd's calendar...

In 1966, John Ashbery wrote: 'The English language is constantly trying to stave off invasion by the American language; it lives in a state of alert which is reflected to some degree in English poetry.' This book shows how the work of a major post-war American poet has been centrally concerned with...