POUNDIAN POETRIES

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GAVIN SELERIE

from  HARIOT DOUBLE

                  (forthcoming Five Seasons Press, 2016)

Hariot Double probes the life and work of Thomas Hariot, mathematician and astronomer, and that of Joe Harriott, Jamaican saxophonist, with focus on the New World and London. Hariot’s scientific expertise led him to explore and describe Virginia (now North Carolina). Harriott travelled in the opposite direction to immerse himself in the London jazz scene. Both were pioneers of their respective crafts, involving cross-cultural shifts. These narratives are paired via a central section which deals with the contemporary world. The poems included here are from that part, "Intermean." Alan Halsey’s illustration is one of 58 graphics executed for the book.

© Alan Halsey, 2016.