New & Collected Poems

Ruth Fainlight is one of Britain''s most distinguished poets. Born in NewYork City, she has lived mostly in England since the age of 15, publishing her first collection, "Cages", in 1966. Her poems ''give us truly new visions of usual and mysterious events'' (A.S. Byatt). Each is a balancing act between thought and feeling, revealing otherness within the everyday, often measuring subtle shifts in ...