Countersong to Walt WhitmanFirst published by Azul Editions in 1993, Countersong to Walt Whitman and Other Poems is the only book length collection of Mir's poetry in English translation. The eight poems selected include several of his signature pieces from the late 1940s through the 1970s: Countersong to Walt Whitman; There Is a Country in the World; If Somebody Wants to Know Which Is My Country; To the Battleship Intrepid; Not One Step Back; Amen to Butterflies; Concerto of

we’ll trudge back along the paths

The Blue Book (2000) and Skirrid Hill (2006)

Whether writing about the natural world

and contemporary Irish poetry

and are often bitingly ironic

plus writing that is frequently accessible and ambitious

He recounts his career including working with the Ray Ellington Quartet of Goon Show fame and his long association with altoist Joe Harriott

Peter Lawson researches and teaches poetry at Southampton University

Vénus Khoury-Ghata – A poem The Sailors Without a Ship

Time to take the plunge for yourself

At the heart of all the stories is the plea for a humane tolerance

Some critics see him as the last of the great Romantic poets