Short Attention Span

<p>Harry Guest was born in Penarth in 1932. He read Modern Languages at Cambridge and wrote a thesis on Mallarmé at the Sorbonne before beginning a career as a teacher in schools and universities in Japan and England. With his wife Lynn Guest a historical novelist he now lives in Exeter. His Collected Poems <em>A Puzzling Harvest</em> was published by Anvil in 2002. Subsequent collections include <em>Some Times</em> (Anvil) and <em>Comparisons & Conversions</em> (Shearsman). He is also the author of three novels and a number of translations from French German and Japanese.</p><p>Throughout his career Harry has written occasional poems haiku squibs and jests and this little collection brings together a range of them that will delight his readers.</p>