U. A. Fanthorpe was that rarest of beings: a poet who was hugely popular with the general public at the same time as being very seriously regarded by fellow poets & literary critics for her originality wit & humanity. Since Fanthorpes death much of her work has been out of print & this welcome New & Collected Poems" makes available her own selection from over 25 years of distinctive & accessible writing together with a substantial section of unpublished poems. This definitive volume will delight all her existing fans as well as those who come to her poems for the first time."