Lust
Glyn Maxwell, “Lust” from The Boys at Twilight: Poems 1990-1995. Copyright © 2000 by Glyn Maxwell. Reprinted by permission of Glyn Maxwell.
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Poet Glyn Maxwell b. 1962
POET’S REGION England
Subjects Living, The Body, Love, Desire
Poetic Terms Free Verse
Biography
Born in England to Welsh parents, Glyn Maxwell was educated at Oxford University and Boston University, where he studied both poetry and theater with Derek Walcott. This simultaneous training in two disciplines has enabled him to create innovative work across genres. Maxwell has written numerous verse plays as well as long narrative poems. The Sugar Mile (2005), a verse narrative set in a Manhattan bar a few days before . . .
Poems by Glyn Maxwell
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SUBJECT Living, The Body, Love, Desire
POET’S REGION England
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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