The Art of Angling

Fishing has inspired a wealth of poetry-Tang Dynasty meditations; Japanese haiku; medieval rhymes; classic verses by Homer and Shakespeare; poems by Donne Goethe Tennyson and Yeats. Modern masterpieces abound as well by the likes of Federico Garc&#237;a Lorca Elizabeth Bishop Ted Hughes Robert Lowell Raymond Carver Margaret Atwood Audre Lorde Richard Hugo and Derek Walcott. In the hands of the poets collected here fishing with a hook and line yields reflections both sparklingly light and awe-inspiringly deep. Filled with humour nostalgia adventure celebrations of the beauties of nature and metaphors for the art of living <i>The Art of Angling</i> is sure to lure anglers and lovers of poetry alike.