Complete Poemsbrings together the published and unpublished work of one of the most significant poets of the late twentieth century; thefounding editor ofStandand of the Northern House imprint. As well as reprinting all the poems included in Silkin's books, (fromThe Portrait and Other Poemsin 1950 toMaking a Republicin 2002), it includes significant poems previously unpublished or published only in a wide variety of journals, and work transcribed from manuscripts. ' Complete Poems enjoins a new perception of Silkin's language and concerns, the breadth of his passionately humane interrogation of war and the Holocaust, and his scrutiny of nature and humankind.' Jon Glover​