Archilochus on the Moon - Perril, Simon
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Archilochus, Greece's first lyric poet, took part in the earliest colonial expeditions. Perril's Archilochus has been sent into exile to colonise the moon, that curator of lost objects and desires. This collection voices the ageing poet's dissection of hope and desire, and his meditation upon the body that barely houses them.

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Archilochus, Greece's first lyric poet, took part in the earliest colonial expeditions. Perril's Archilochus has been sent into exile to colonise the moon, that curator of lost objects and desires. This collection voices the ageing poet's dissection of hope and desire, and his meditation upon the body that barely houses them.
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Simon Perril's poetry publications include Beneath (Shearsman 2015), Archilochus on the Moon (Shearsman 2013), Newton's Splinter (Open House 2012), Nitrate (Salt 2010), A Clutch of Odes (Oystercatcher 2009), and Hearing is Itself Suddenly a Kind of Singing (Salt 2004). As a critic he has written widely on contemporary poetry, including editing the books The Salt Companion to John James, and Tending the Vortex: The Works of Brian Catling. He likes noisy music, and silent film. And cats. He is Reader in Contemporary Poetic Practice at De Montfort University, Leicester.