<div>Laurie Lee was a celebrated English novelist, screenwriter, and poet, whose autobiographical novels <I>Cider with Rosie</i>, <I>As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning</i>, and <I>A Moment of War</i> found enormous popularity in England. However, poetry was really his favorite form of writing, an area where success frustratingly eluded him.<BR> <I>Laurie Lee Selected Poems</i> collects forty of Lee’s best poems, and provides the perfect introduction to this beloved authors lesser known works. The collection contains works such as Lee’s first poem, which appeared <I>The Sunday Referee </i>in 1934, poems first published in Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine in 1940, and selections from his first volume of poems, <I>The Sun My Monument</i>. Several poems written in the early 1940s reflect the atmosphere of the war, but also capture the beauty of the English countryside. Also included is the poem ?Twelfth Night” from <I>My Many-coated Man</i>, which was set for unaccompanied mixed choir by American composer Samuel Barber in 1968.<BR> This year marks the hundredth anniversary of Lee’s birth, and consequently a resurgence of interest in Lee’s body of work. <I>Laurie Lee Selected Poems</i> is the perfect choice for those wanting a new look at an engaging author.</div>