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The Blue Winged Bee

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Peter Whigham’s first solo collection is in two parts: Love Poems of the VIth Dalai Lama and The Ingathering of Love. The first part consists of ‘poems suggested by’ the Tibetan originals; they are lyric epigrams, erotic poems of the greatest delicacy. The Ingathering of Love by contrast is a relaxed yet sustained long love poem of great power and beauty.

Peter Whigham was born in Oxford, England in 1925 and was largely self-educated. He worked as a gardener, a school teacher, an actor, a newspaper reporter, and a script writer before moving to live for some years in Italy. He moved again to the United States in 1966, the year in ... read more

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The Blue Winged Bee Peter Whigham Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Description Author Peter Whigham’s first solo collection is in two parts: Love Poems of the VIth Dalai Lama and The Ingathering of Love. The first part consists of ‘poems suggested by’ the Tibetan originals; they are lyric epigrams, erotic poems of the greatest delicacy. The Ingathering of Love by contrast is a relaxed yet sustained long love poem of great power and beauty. Peter Whigham was born in Oxford, England in 1925 and was largely self-educated. He worked as a gardener, a school teacher, an actor, a newspaper reporter, and a script writer before moving to live for some years in Italy. He moved again to the United States in 1966, the year in ... read more	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 Not a Moment Too Soon: Frank Kuppner read more Coco Island: Christine Roseeta Walker read more that which appears: Thomas A Clark read more Come Here to This Gate: Rory Waterman read more Near-Life Experience: Rowland Bagnall read more The Silence: Gillian Clarke read more
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