Derek Bickerton

25 poems on death and love Derek Bickerton

These poems are, as the title suggests, all about either death or love, except for those that are about both death and love. Written over several decades, they record shifting attitudes to both, as well as a deepening concern with what will happen when death parts those who love. Written in an informal colloquial style, they express deep and complex emotions as well as awareness of the downhill trajectory of our present civilization mirroring that of the lovers' lives, and a restless curiosity that extends to every aspect of life. These poems are truly original and unique--there is nothing else quite like them in literature today.