Description
‘Rough music’ is the old English name for a custom of public scapegoating. This is a book full of disturbing musical echoes, in which brilliant renewals of carol, charm, folksong and ballad explore themes of violence, loss and belonging. Fiona Sampson’s characteristic lyric intensity deftly fuses metaphysics and politics with the vernacular of daily life.








Silly Rhymes and Limericks
We Are Together
Carnac (Bloodaxe Contemporary French Poets)
Song of Kieu: A New Lament Nguyen Du
Comic Poems
Strong in the Rain
The First Poems in English (Penguin Classics)
Dog Poems
Under Clouded Skies & Beauregard: Pens?es sous les nuages & Beauregard (Bloodaxe Contemporary French Poets, 5)