Poems For Gardeners by Germaine Greer Groundswell Speaker 2024 Irony is the salve of

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ISBN: 9781837583522

Poems For Gardeners by Germaine Greer Groundswell Speaker 2024 Irony is the salve ofMarianne Moore said that the poet's job was to depict 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them'. In truth, gardens are always imaginary because they are always the garden that you are aiming for rather than the garden you have, but the toads are real and immediate.' So says Germaine Greer in this wonderful anthology. This collection of poems, culled from classical antiquity to the twenty first century, includes perennial favourites such as Marvell's