In this series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express, the selectors offer intriguing insight into their own work.
I will speak to you of war, battles, love, hatred, heroism, self-denial and betrayal, of a dead man who will save a living man." Of a weapon, a gift from the gods, a shield, of a narrow pass and a plain where the fate of the world will be judged. "This is the prophecy revealed to the seer Megistias from ...
