'I started the sonnet sequence "Horse Latitudes" as the U.S. embarked on its foray into Iraq. The poems have to do with a series of battles (all beginning with the letter 'B' as if to suggest a 'missing' Baghdad) in which horses or mules played a major role. Intercut with those battle-scenes are accounts of a 'battle' with cancer by a former lover, here named Carlotta, and a commentary on the agenda of what may only be described as the Bush 'regime'. The title poem was written for "Something beginning with P: New Poems from Irish Poets" (O'Brien Press) and was recently translated into Chinese in celebration of a visit to Shanghai and Beijing' - Paul Muldoon.
- ISBN10 1904634109
- ISBN13 9781904634102
- Publish Date 1 February 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 February 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Enitharmon Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 50
- Language English