But most of us oldies who have ever written poems do not have these advantages or emergency exits as we head downhill, push the gear-lever into third and hope the brakes are good. Our choice is either to shut up (which has a lot to be said for it), or to consider very carefully what we still can write... More
Peterloo Poets published three volumes of Brian Waltham's poems:
Music for Brass, 1990,
Masterclass, 1994
The Soldier on the Pier, 2002.
A further collection of unpublished poems, The Hang of It, was brought out in 2011 by Line Press, edited by Caroline Cooper, with the help of John Mole and Will Wain. If you would like to enquire about purchasing The Hang Of It,
or any other of Brian's titles please contact us here