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Lighting the Steps

Poems 1985 - 2001

Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (96 pages)

(Pub. Sep 2002)

9780856463396

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The poems in Philip Holmes’s fourth collection are as widespread in time, covering a 16–year period, as their settings are scattered geographically. These range from Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, where he grew up, to Bucharest, Kyoto and the USA, where he has lived since 1977. His robust treatment of the timeless themes of nature, memory and language gives the collection its unity and strength.

Philip Holmes was born in Lincolnshire in 1945. He took degrees in Engineering at Oxford and Southampton before moving to the USA, where he is Professor of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics at Princeton University. He has published numerous scientific papers and books. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of ... read more

Awards won by Philip Holmes Winner, 1986 Poetry Book Society (PBS): Recommendation - Autumn (The Green Road) Winner, 1986 Poetry Book Society (PBS): Recommendation - Autumn (The Green Road)

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Lighting the Steps Poems 1985 - 2001 Philip Holmes Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (96 pages) (Pub. Sep 2002) 9780856463396 Out of Stock Description Author Awards The poems in Philip Holmes’s fourth collection are as widespread in time, covering a 16–year period, as their settings are scattered geographically. These range from Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, where he grew up, to Bucharest, Kyoto and the USA, where he has lived since 1977. His robust treatment of the timeless themes of nature, memory and language gives the collection its unity and strength. Philip Holmes was born in Lincolnshire in 1945. He took degrees in Engineering at Oxford and Southampton before moving to the USA, where he is Professor of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics at Princeton University. He has published numerous scientific papers and books. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of ... read more Awards won by Philip Holmes Winner, 1986 Poetry Book Society (PBS): Recommendation - Autumn (The Green Road) Winner, 1986 Poetry Book Society (PBS): Recommendation - Autumn (The Green Road)	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog One Little Room: Peter McDonald read more Collected Poems: Mimi Khalvati read more Invisible Dog: Fabio Morbito, translated by Richard Gwyn read more Dante's Purgatorio: Philip Terry read more Billy 'Nibs' Buckshot: John Gallas read more Emotional Support Horse: Claudine Toutoungi read more
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