- Published: 15 October 2007
- ISBN: 9780224080446
- Imprint: Jonathan Cape
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $29.99
Collected Poems














- Published: 15 October 2007
- ISBN: 9780224080446
- Imprint: Jonathan Cape
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 368
- RRP: $29.99
Collected Poems is vital...and reminds us that Longley is not only a lyric poet of the first rank, but a clear-sighted observer who knows the real world when he sees it, even as he knows that it cannot be grasped, only celebrated, or interrogated, or mourned - which is to say, given its due - as it passes.
John Burnside, Irish Times
A wonderfully capacious book, at once stringent and delicate.
Andrew Motion, Observer Books of the Year
Michael Longley is a lyric poet with perfect pitch. His formal elegance seems effortless...he is a master in an old, great tradition.
Elaine Feinstein, The Times
Michael Longley's Collected Poems delineate a 40-year achievement whose scale can now be appreciated.
Roy Foster, Irish Times Books of the Year
Michael Longley's Collected Poems brings together in one beautifully designed volume the work of this marvellous poet, reminding us, if we needed reminding, of the authority of his voice and the beauty of his line.
John Banville, Irish Times Books of the Year