Description

Selected by Martin Parker with a foreword by Stephen Watts and an afterword by Emily Johns

John Rety – writer, editor and publisher, chess player, anarchist and pacifist – was best known in the literary world for his contributions to poetry, especially the much loved Torriano Meeting House events and Hearing Eye press. Less well known is John’s own poetry. Notebook in Hand is a selection from his collections as well as unpublished and new poems. His poetry is both simple and complex – tender, funny, poignant, and companionable, it is also edgy, acerbic, troubled and disappointed. As well as his better-known comic poetry, Notebook in Hand presents tender lyrics and trenchant political meditations, some of which may surprise, but will certainly delight, his readers.

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What people have been saying

A poignant reminder of John’s distinctive voice and his whimsical way of following a train of thought wherever it might lead. – London Grip

This posthumous collection of new and selected poems is a welcome arrival and worthy of attention. – Jeff Cloves, Peace News

This book is a fine tribute to this remarkable and original poet. – Morning Star

ISBN: 978-0-9569122-1-3
Publisher: Stonewood Press
Price: £10.95 (Paperback)
Extent: 128 pages
Publication: February 2012