- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781409062004
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 192
New Selected Poems
Formats & editions
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781409062004
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 192
The Presence is a fragment of autobiography written from the most private part of a poet's heart, with a pen dipped in blood and tears
Carol Ann Duffy, The Daily Telegraph
Abse's poems are filled with wonder. He remains one of our few great poets of married love
Elaine Feinstein, The Times
For all its painful honesty [The Presence is] a surprisingly joyful and compelling book... Imbued with all the best qualities of what it means to human and in love
Owen Sheers, Independent on Sunday
His best work in a long life of brilliant writing
Maggie Gee, New Statesman