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Poems by Mark McGuinness

Poetry

The Illusionist – The Rialto

Circle Charm – Propel

Hiroshima – Oxford Poetry

The Future – Magma

Thirteen Birds – Anthropocene

Three poems – iamb

Concrete poetry

‘Elegy for Moss’ – a collaboration with the sculptor Sheena Devitt.

Sculpture showing the word moss disintegrating as it repeats over the stone surface
Closeup of Elegy for Moss by Sheena Devitt and Mark McGuinness

Poetry translations

Luis Vaz de Camões

The Waterspout: Os Lusíadas, Canto V, 121-184 – Wild Court

Geoffrey Chaucer

Troilus and Criseyde, Book I, 1-56 – Stephen Spender Prize booklet

Love’s Arrow: Troilus and Criseyde, Book I, 155-238 – Wild Court

I’m working on a translation of Chaucer’s masterpiece, Troilus and Criseyde, from Middle English into modern English verse, maintaining the rime royal of the original. Two extracts have been published so far, one of which was awarded Third Prize in the 2016 Stephen Spender Prize.

The Stephen Spender Prize booklet

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