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The Drift

Alan Jenkins

(This is a collection of poems which deal with the disjunction between the aspirations of the youth and the realities of middle-age. The narrator looks back on his 20s, full of the grand ambition to be the next Rimbaud and wryly contrasts it with his current position)

GenresEnglish poetry20th century

58 pages, 2 editions

English edition · First published 2000 by Chatto & Windus · ISBN 9780701169213

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Editions

2 editions

English

  • The Drift · Chatto & Windus · 2000 · ISBN 9780701169213 This page
  • The Drift · Vintage Digital · 2011 · ISBN 9781448114047

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