Ivor Gurney: 80 Poems or So

Overview

In 1922 Ivor Gurney entered the Dartford asylum where he was to stay for the rest of his life. Only an occasional poem in a magazine was published and he died almost forgotten in 1937. Like Isaac Rosenberg and Edward Thomas, he was a war poet whose literary worth has recently been recognized. 80 Poems or So is perhaps the most complete and is published to mark the sixtieth anniversary of his death.