Charles Tomlinson (1927-2015)
Poet; Professor of English, University of Bristol
Poet, artist and professor of English. In addition to his own published works, edited The Oxford Book of Verse in English Translation.
a lean stiletto-shard
tapering to its tip
From ‘The Blade’ in Annunciations (Oxford: OUP, 1989)
Silk scarves of flame
wind from the coals
liquidly leaping them to and fro
From ‘Fire and Air’ in Poetry Review 88.3 (Autumn 1998)