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Title: Today Tomorrow: The Collected Poems of George Bruce, 1933-2000
Publisher: Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Li
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0748662995
ISBN 13: 9780748662999
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good

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A celebration of the life and work of poet George Bruce, with over 250 poems reflecting the changing personal and social experiences of the poet from childhood during World War I, up to the present day. The collection brings together poems published in collections since 1933, and includes uncollected poems previous to "Sea Talk" (1944) and new material following the publication of "Pursuit" (1999). This book reveals the impressive scope and development of Bruce's poetry. Taking in his earlier works and their concern with the constancy of the land, the enduring qualities of its inhabitants, and a poetry which stands for good humane values, the collection progresses to present day, exploring Bruce's interests in art and Haiku. As the years progress, this individual voice is increasingly lyrical and perceptive, and yet never loses touch with the facts of life. The new uncollected poems in this volume, written over the last two years, show a zest and breadth of vision which add to an on-going body of work, and to the poet's existing, considerable achievements.

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LUCINA PRESTIGE, Editor

While assisting George Bruce with the preperation of his manuscript for 'Pursuit: Poems 1986-1998' (published by Scottish Cultural Press) on 10 March 1999 - his ninetieth birthday - it occurred to me that ninety was the right age for a review of George Bruce's life of poetry - a long overdue collected work.

This book reveals the fascinating development of his poetry: from his earliest poems in 1933 through to the extraordinary achievement of his most recent writing, where he arrives at a new poetical dimension. His perceptive eye and youthful imagination are more in evidence than ever. This review of George Bruce's poetical journey should interest scholars and poetry lovers alike.

George Gunn sums up Bruce's lifetime of work perfectly, when he says (Chapman 2000):

'If Scotland's passage through the twentieth century has to be charted then we could do no better than to use the poems of George Bruce as a guide, for as he wrote of Velazquez...

He turned the searchlight of his mind
upon each and every object equally,
persons or things as if each in its
difference, might through the precision
of line and paint, each weighed in the
balance of a mind, would yield
final truth...

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