Gordon Wharton
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Gordon Wharton is a British
poet
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He left school aged 14 and says that anything he knows now was self-taught. He
started publishing poems from the age of about 21 and he became co-editor of the now-defunct
literary magazine Chanticleer with the Irish poet, Patrick Galvin, at around the same time.
Shortly afterwards he started reviewing regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, mainly
dealing with modern and 17th-century poetry.
He numbers among the prime influences on his work Dylan Thomas, Andrew Marvell
and ("inevitably") W.H. Auden. More recently, as may be evident from
some of his later poems, the more economical style of Ian Hamilton has been
an influence. Meanwhile, in his more prosaic working life, he graduated from
carpentry, via work on a travelling fair and a period dealing in antiques, to travel
journalism; in fact he was founder-editor of the weekly Travelnews,
a newspaper serving the travel industry.
He published two small collections of verse in the mid to late 1950s: This and That (Fantasy Press
1955) and Errors of Observation (The School of Art, University of Reading 1957).
He has started submitting poetry for publication again after a break of some 30 years. He has been published more recently in literary magazines such as Ambit (http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=7502), London Magazine and The Rialto. He now has sufficient poems to make a third selection,
the working title of which is "Towards Oblivion." http://www.gordonwharton.co.uk
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Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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He left school aged 14 and says that anything he knows now was self-taught. He
started publishing poems from the age of about 21 and he became co-editor of the now-defunct
literary magazine Chanticleer with the Irish poet, Patrick Galvin, at around the same time.
Shortly afterwards he started reviewing regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, mainly
dealing with modern and 17th-century poetry.
He numbers among the prime influences on his work Dylan Thomas, Andrew Marvell
and ("inevitably") W.H. Auden. More recently, as may be evident from
some of his later poems, the more economical style of Ian Hamilton has been
an influence. Meanwhile, in his more prosaic working life, he graduated from
carpentry, via work on a travelling fair and a period dealing in antiques, to travel
journalism; in fact he was founder-editor of the weekly Travelnews,
a newspaper serving the travel industry.
He published two small collections of verse in the mid to late 1950s: This and That (Fantasy Press
Fantasy Press
Fantasy Press was an American publishing house specialising in fantasy and science fiction titles. Established in 1946 by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach in Reading, Pennsylvania, it was most notable for publishing the works of authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and E. E. Smith...
1955) and Errors of Observation (The School of Art, University of Reading 1957).
He has started submitting poetry for publication again after a break of some 30 years. He has been published more recently in literary magazines such as Ambit (http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=7502), London Magazine and The Rialto. He now has sufficient poems to make a third selection,
the working title of which is "Towards Oblivion." http://www.gordonwharton.co.uk