Conjurors: Poems

A major poet revealed for the first time: Julian Orde's lost poems of love, war, and surreal landscapes. Julian Orde (1917-74), a friend of Stevie Smith and intimate of Dylan Thomas, published only in magazines during her lifetime. Now, her substantial and unexpected poems come alive, showcasing her evolving worlds and changing landscapes.Experience Orde's lyrical surrealism, prophetic and charged: 'The speckled water rippled into minnows, /Of worms and turf smelt all the fish pale morning...'. William Empson celebrated her 'wonder at nature' and 'supply of unforced humour.' Discover a voice that makes it 'hard to imagine the middle of the twentieth century now without Julian Orde.' Carcanet's recovery of her work--thanks to James Keery and V. Beatson--proves that the past is rich in resource and surprise. For readers of modernist poetry and those seeking forgotten women's voices.