SOLD OUT Be sure to sign up to my e-Newsletter, to hear about upcoming events and exhibitions. Sarah Longley and Michael Longley will feature in a Zoom event at the end of October 2022, when they will be speaking about this work and ‘Metamorphoses’.
Signed by the poet and artist. The book is a collection of fifteen of Michael Longley’s Homeric poems, illustrated with pen & ink drawings by Sarah Longley.
In his Preface, Michael Longley writes, ‘…. From the outset, I pushed against the narrative momentum. The Iliad and the Odyssey are page-turners. We go on reading to find out what happens next: but in my poems I ‘freeze-frame’ passages to release their lyrical potential. I try to produce original poems rather than straightforward translations. …’
You can view a short video from Andrew Moorhouse’s workshop about the making of the book here.
‘Homer’s Octopus’ Poems by Michael Longley Illustrations by Sarah Longley Published by Andrew J Moorhouse (Rochdale England, 2020)
