Poems 1960–2000

Do we, then, assume,
finding Propertius tear-sodden and jealous,
that Cynthia was inexorably callous?

Acknowledgements are due to the editors of the following publications in which some of the previously uncollected poems in the New Poems section first appeared: Landfall, Last Words (Picador, 1999), Poetry Ireland, Poetry Review and Salt. ‘A Visiting Angel’ was commissioned by Salisbury Festival for the Last

Fleur Adcock is one of Britain’s most accomplished poets.