PIW 1 November 2010
In our first November issue we feature poetry from two autumnal, northern European countries. Belgian poet Hubert van Herreweghen began his poetic career in the 1940s, though in this issue there ' s a selection of his work from 1977 onwards, with new translations into English by Paul Vincent. 'Longing for Winter' tails away beautifully with the image of "two / black / twigs", while 'Time is Short II' is an apt poem for the first week after the end of daylight saving in Europe.
On the UK domain we feature a trio of poets. Luke Kennard's free verse and prose-poetry is full of verve and humour, serious at times, yet shot through with an absurdist impulse. Mimi Khalvati is considered to be one of Britain's foremost contemporary exponents of traditional forms. Alert to the imaginative and emotional possibilities of domestic spaces as well as landscapes, Khalvati writes poems that are taut and evocative, highly attuned to the rhythmic and phonetic possibilities of language. Our final poet, Pascale Petit, who is also a sculptor, likens poetry to the plastic arts: "I still feel I'm creating objects. I'm aware of the images, and think of each poem as a container". Petit has also explored the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo's life and work in two recent collections, her poems functioning as poetic and imaginative explorations in dialogue with Kahlo's paintings.
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