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Herbert Lomas has long been a highly-regarded poet, translator, and reviewer. Ted Hughes described his poems as marvellous, prismatic, penetrating, visionary talismans. A Casual Knack of Living gathers together Lomas's nine published collections, together with some previously unpublished poems, and thus brings his poetry back into print.

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Mary O'Donnell's fifth poetry collection is thoughtful, sensuous and witty, combining the topical with the timeless. One of its themes is that of the ageing woman which the poet explores with a refreshing candour.

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These poems, a lament for the poet's dead father in the stammered cadences of an adult and the child she used to be, is strange and compelling, causing a stir when it was first published in 1999. Once familiar with Rouzeau's mixture of baby-talk, slang, puns and coinages, the reader will find this book utterly compelling.

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Carème is considered to be one of Belgium's master poets, and 'Defying Fate' (published posthumously) is a fascinating introduction to his work. These charming poems are short, often metrical and given to rhyme, and deal with familiar subjects (children, death, God, the troubled mind) that resonate with a shared emotion and aesthetic satisfaction.

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At the Edge of Night brings to an English readership for the first time the recent work of Anise Koltz, Luxembourg's best-known poet. With their short, unpunctuated lines, powerful language and pulsing with an anger and raw emotion directed both at the poet herself and at the world at large, these poems are 'knife-sharp, clear and dazzling'.

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