Peter Dent (born 9 May 1938) is an English editor, poet, and former school teacher whose poetry has moved from spare notations to linguistic experiments.
Dent was born in Forest Gate, London, on 9 May 1938 but spent most of his childhood in Surrey. After serving in the Signals section of the RAF between 1957 and 9, he worked in offices and a library before training as a primary school teacher at Reading University. Thereafter he taught between 1971 and 1991. He was the editor/publisher of Interim Press from 1975 to 1987, starting this while living in Egham. In 1978 he moved to Budleigh Salterton, where he has lived since. He taught at Drakes Primary School, East Budleigh.[1]
Dent's poetry began as spare notations in which time, place and emotion form a unified whole, which identified him with the writers of Agenda magazine. He has moved on since into both verse and prose poetry of considerable stylistic experiment.[2] His latest writing consists of linguistic constructs of both humour and ingenuity. Peter Hughes has described the way "Language of political disinformation or advertising morphs into that of intimate reflection. A vocabulary of emotional intensity suddenly appears in corporate training talk. Words wriggle free of context to resonate afresh in unexpected settings. The texts breach categories of inside and outside, public and private, control and freedom – thus questioning, reviewing and re-presenting the nature of the boundaries."[3]
Dent's writing has earned him a place in anthologies of those standing outside the mainstream poetic tradition in both the UK[4] and the USA.[5] In 2009 he was guest poet at the Porlock Arts Festival.[6]
Bibliographyedit
The pebble beach at Budleigh Salterton, a site for Dent's earlier meditative poetry
Poems 1972–99
Proxima Centauri (Agenda Editions 4) London, 1972. Edition of 450 numbered copies, ISBN0-902400-03-7; 50 signed and numbered copies, ISBN0-902400-04-5.
The Time Between: poems from the Chinese and others (Hippopotamus Press) Sutton, Surrey, 1974. ISBN0-904179-05-2; forty copies numbered and signed.
Surfaces (Interim Press) Egham, Surrey, 1975. ISBN0-904675-02-5; 150 copies, signed and numbered.
"Toys", Big Little Poems card, Melton Mowbray, Leics, 1984
Hours (Blackthorn Press) Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 1985. Enveloped set of 12 cards with illustrations by Dent. Edition of 50; no ISBN.
Uncloudy Wine: 12 Poems for the guises of the graal (Taxus) Durham, 1987. ISBN1-85019-027-5
Midwinter Nights: Four Poems (Oasis Press) London, 1988. Illustrations by Ray Seaford; ISBN0-903375-79-6.
Night Winds and Dice: versions and variations (Big Little Poem Books) Grimsby, S.Humberside, 1990. Cover drawing by Laurie Clark; ISBN0-9514468-1-9.
Vigil and Dream: A Dark Age Suite (Blackthorn Press) Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 1990. No ISBN.
Travel Song (Morning Star Folio 2/1) Edinburgh, Scotland, 1991. Folded sheet with paper cuts by Susan Patterson, accompanied by Dent's essay "Handling The Flower: some working thoughts on poetry". 300 copies, including 26 signed and lettered by the artist and poet.
Suggesting Blue (Single Room 1, Room Press) White Plains NY, USA, 1991. No ISBN.
Undergrowth (Blackthorn Press) Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 1991. No ISBN.
Contour and Grain (Blackthorn Press) Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 1991. No ISBN.
Ghost Prophecy, (Kaleidikon), 2011. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Dasein and Scarecrow (Offline Press), 2011. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Price-Fixing (Kaleidikon), 2011. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
With Number Plates Disguised (High Tide Editions), 2011. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Limit Situations (Smallminded Books), Devoran, 2011. Single folded sheet.
Repertory (Kaleidikon), 2012. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Trickle-Down: 12 unnatural rumours (Treadmill Editions), 2012. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Tripping Daylight (Shearsman), Bristol 2012. Cover by Michael Barnard. ISBN9781848612341.[9]
Private Utopias (Oystercatcher Press), Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, 2013. Cover art by Peter Hughes. ISBN978-1-905885-62-6.
Retrieval Systems (Knives Forks and Spoons Press), Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, 2014. ISBN978-1-909443-48-8. Cover art features a sculpture by Ruth Carpenter.
Badlands of the Real (Red Ceilings Press), New Mills, Derbyshire, 2014. Cover art by Dent. A6 chapbook in an edition of 40.
Merryweather (Hole-and-Corner Press), 2014. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
The First Ghost Train out of Nowhere (Hole-and-Corner Press), 2015. Cover art by Dent.
The Revival of the Inspectorate of Everything (Treadmill Editions), 2015. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 30.
Dolly's Field (Offline Press), 2017. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
The Oort Cloud (Kaleidikon), 2017. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Harmony in Black: sixty pieces from 2006 (Treadmill), 2017. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Visitors' Book Rendlesham Forest, a decomposition (Knives Forks and Spoons Press), Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, 2017. Cover image by Dylan Harris. ISBN978-1-912211-06-7
Lucifers (High Tide Editions), 2018. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
The Distances of Elizabeth Bowen (Brass Farthing Press). 2018. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Stabbing in the Dark: 20 Abstract Speculations (Treadmill), 2018. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
A Wind-up Collider (Shearsman), Bristol 2019. Cover by urbanglimpses. ISBN978-1-84861-666-0. Incorporates some pieces from the two 2015 editions.[10]
Mutant Summers/New Histories (Red Ceilings Press), New Mills, Derbyshire, 2019. Cover art by Dent. A6 chapbook in an edition of 40.
as nettles and ivy permit (Kaleidikon), 2020. Cover art by Dent. Edition of 50.
Yarn (Leafe Press) Nottingham, 2021. Cover photograph by Dianakc. ISBN978-1-9999451-1-4
Shared publications
The Elek Book of Oriental Verse, translations from Sanskrit (with David Gerow) and Urdu (with David Mathews). London, 1979. ISBN0-236-40144-0
Travelling the Worlds (Spacex Literature) Exeter, 1992. Joint collection with Pamela Gillilan; no ISBN.
Daylight Illustrations (SHEARSMAN 11 – Two Devon Poets, with Harry Guest), Plymouth, 1993, pp. 6–15
Full Sail (SHEARSMAN 18), Plymouth, 1994, pp. 2–8
Twelve Poems (OASIS 81), London, 1996, pp. 2–4
Calling Out in Dreams: A Moorland Meditation (Proof 1). Exeter: South West Arts, 1998. First quarter of a joint book collecting four authors. ISBN1-874396-19-1
"Naming Nothing", a 16-section poem included in the anthology A State of Independence (Stride Publications, Exeter, 1998), ISBN978-1900152273[11]
Follow these Glimpses, with Bob Garlitz and Rupert M. Loydell. Trombone Press, Exeter, 1999. No ISBN.
Overgrown Umbrellas, (Lost Property) Devoran, 2008. Single folded A2 sheet; poems written in collaboration with Rupert Loydell.[12]
^Private Utopias or 'Noises in the Head': The Writing of Peter Dent, Poetry Book Society: Small Press Beat June 2013 2016-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
^Completing the Picture: Outsiders and Independent, ed. William Oxley, Stride, Exeter 1995. ISBN1-873012-91-8. A State of Independence, editor Tony Frazer, Stride Publications, Exeter 1998. ISBN978-1-900152-27-3
^Scout, editor Bob Arnold, Longhouse, Vermont 1997
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Peter Dent born 9 May 1938 is an English editor poet and former school teacher whose poetry has moved from spare notations to linguistic experiments Peter DentBorn 1938 05 09 May 9 1938 age 85 Forest Gate London EnglandNationalityEnglishOccupationPoet Contents 1 Career 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksCareer editDent was born in Forest Gate London on 9 May 1938 but spent most of his childhood in Surrey After serving in the Signals section of the RAF between 1957 and 9 he worked in offices and a library before training as a primary school teacher at Reading University Thereafter he taught between 1971 and 1991 He was the editor publisher of Interim Press from 1975 to 1987 starting this while living in Egham In 1978 he moved to Budleigh Salterton where he has lived since He taught at Drakes Primary School East Budleigh 1 Dent s poetry began as spare notations in which time place and emotion form a unified whole which identified him with the writers of Agenda magazine He has moved on since into both verse and prose poetry of considerable stylistic experiment 2 His latest writing consists of linguistic constructs of both humour and ingenuity Peter Hughes has described the way Language of political disinformation or advertising morphs into that of intimate reflection A vocabulary of emotional intensity suddenly appears in corporate training talk Words wriggle free of context to resonate afresh in unexpected settings The texts breach categories of inside and outside public and private control and freedom thus questioning reviewing and re presenting the nature of the boundaries 3 Dent s writing has earned him a place in anthologies of those standing outside the mainstream poetic tradition in both the UK 4 and the USA 5 In 2009 he was guest poet at the Porlock Arts Festival 6 Bibliography edit nbsp The pebble beach at Budleigh Salterton a site for Dent s earlier meditative poetryPoems 1972 99 Proxima Centauri Agenda Editions 4 London 1972 Edition of 450 numbered copies ISBN 0 902400 03 7 50 signed and numbered copies ISBN 0 902400 04 5 The Time Between poems from the Chinese and others Hippopotamus Press Sutton Surrey 1974 ISBN 0 904179 05 2 forty copies numbered and signed Surfaces Interim Press Egham Surrey 1975 ISBN 0 904675 02 5 150 copies signed and numbered Trickle Kitzbuhel 1972 Mandeville Press card Hitchin Herts 1976 Focus Germanus episodes OASIS 23 London 1978 ISBN 0 903375 35 4 Desert Psalter Glasshouse Press Liverpool 1980 Illustrations by Ann Paterson no ISBN Distant Lamps Hippopotamus Press Sutton Surrey 1980 ISBN 978 0 904179 23 1 25 copies signed and numbered ISBN 0 904179 24 9 From the Flow Taxus Press Durham 1983 Cover illustration by Alan Halsey ISBN 1 85019 002 X Toys Big Little Poems card Melton Mowbray Leics 1984 Hours Blackthorn Press Budleigh Salterton Devon 1985 Enveloped set of 12 cards with illustrations by Dent Edition of 50 no ISBN Uncloudy Wine 12 Poems for the guises of the graal Taxus Durham 1987 ISBN 1 85019 027 5 Midwinter Nights Four Poems Oasis Press London 1988 Illustrations by Ray Seaford ISBN 0 903375 79 6 Night Winds and Dice versions and variations Big Little Poem Books Grimsby S Humberside 1990 Cover drawing by Laurie Clark ISBN 0 9514468 1 9 Vigil and Dream A Dark Age Suite Blackthorn Press Budleigh Salterton Devon 1990 No ISBN Travel Song Morning Star Folio 2 1 Edinburgh Scotland 1991 Folded sheet with paper cuts by Susan Patterson accompanied by Dent s essay Handling The Flower some working thoughts on poetry 300 copies including 26 signed and lettered by the artist and poet Suggesting Blue Single Room 1 Room Press White Plains NY USA 1991 No ISBN Undergrowth Blackthorn Press Budleigh Salterton Devon 1991 No ISBN Contour and Grain Blackthorn Press Budleigh Salterton Devon 1991 No ISBN Northwoods Taxus Press Exeter Devon 1992 ISBN 1 873012 26 8 p b 1 873012 27 6 h b Place to Place Stingy Artist Weymouth Dorset 1993 140 copies numbered and signed no ISBN Equinox Oasis series 91 London 1993 Illustrations by Ian Robinson ISBN 0 903375 87 7 Line Markings 3 Cloud Newcastle upon Tyne 1995 Cover illustration by Dent ISBN 1 899799 03 6 Days Out Trombone Press Exeter 1998 No ISBN Breaking Shadows Juniper Press La Crosse WI USA 1998 150 copies of a mini book no ISBN 7 At the Blue Table Blackthorn Press Budleigh Salterton Devon 1999 No ISBN Simple Geometry Oasis Books London 1999 ISBN 1 900996 08 1 Poetry from 2000 Settlement Leafe Press Nottingham 2001 ISBN 0 9537634 3 9 Unrestricted Moment Stride Exeter Devon 2002 Cover by Kit Surrey ISBN 1 900152 76 2 Adversaria Stride Exeter Devon 2004 Cover by Brian Rice ISBN 1 900152 97 5 Handmade Equations Poems 2000 04 Shearsman Exeter Devon 2005 Cover illustration by Dent ISBN 0 907562 65 5 8 Ghost Prophecy Kaleidikon 2011 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Dasein and Scarecrow Offline Press 2011 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Price Fixing Kaleidikon 2011 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 With Number Plates Disguised High Tide Editions 2011 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Limit Situations Smallminded Books Devoran 2011 Single folded sheet Repertory Kaleidikon 2012 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Trickle Down 12 unnatural rumours Treadmill Editions 2012 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Tripping Daylight Shearsman Bristol 2012 Cover by Michael Barnard ISBN 9781848612341 9 Private Utopias Oystercatcher Press Old Hunstanton Norfolk 2013 Cover art by Peter Hughes ISBN 978 1 905885 62 6 Retrieval Systems Knives Forks and Spoons Press Newton le Willows Merseyside 2014 ISBN 978 1 909443 48 8 Cover art features a sculpture by Ruth Carpenter Badlands of the Real Red Ceilings Press New Mills Derbyshire 2014 Cover art by Dent A6 chapbook in an edition of 40 Merryweather Hole and Corner Press 2014 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 The First Ghost Train out of Nowhere Hole and Corner Press 2015 Cover art by Dent The Revival of the Inspectorate of Everything Treadmill Editions 2015 Cover art by Dent Edition of 30 Dolly s Field Offline Press 2017 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 The Oort Cloud Kaleidikon 2017 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Harmony in Black sixty pieces from 2006 Treadmill 2017 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Visitors Book Rendlesham Forest a decomposition Knives Forks and Spoons Press Newton le Willows Merseyside 2017 Cover image by Dylan Harris ISBN 978 1 912211 06 7 Lucifers High Tide Editions 2018 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 The Distances of Elizabeth Bowen Brass Farthing Press 2018 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Stabbing in the Dark 20 Abstract Speculations Treadmill 2018 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 A Wind up Collider Shearsman Bristol 2019 Cover by urbanglimpses ISBN 978 1 84861 666 0 Incorporates some pieces from the two 2015 editions 10 Mutant Summers New Histories Red Ceilings Press New Mills Derbyshire 2019 Cover art by Dent A6 chapbook in an edition of 40 as nettles and ivy permit Kaleidikon 2020 Cover art by Dent Edition of 50 Yarn Leafe Press Nottingham 2021 Cover photograph by Dianakc ISBN 978 1 9999451 1 4Shared publications The Elek Book of Oriental Verse translations from Sanskrit with David Gerow and Urdu with David Mathews London 1979 ISBN 0 236 40144 0 Travelling the Worlds Spacex Literature Exeter 1992 Joint collection with Pamela Gillilan no ISBN Daylight Illustrations SHEARSMAN 11 Two Devon Poets with Harry Guest Plymouth 1993 pp 6 15 Full Sail SHEARSMAN 18 Plymouth 1994 pp 2 8 Twelve Poems OASIS 81 London 1996 pp 2 4 Calling Out in Dreams A Moorland Meditation Proof 1 Exeter South West Arts 1998 First quarter of a joint book collecting four authors ISBN 1 874396 19 1 Naming Nothing a 16 section poem included in the anthology A State of Independence Stride Publications Exeter 1998 ISBN 978 1900152273 11 Follow these Glimpses with Bob Garlitz and Rupert M Loydell Trombone Press Exeter 1999 No ISBN Overgrown Umbrellas Lost Property Devoran 2008 Single folded A2 sheet poems written in collaboration with Rupert Loydell 12 References edit Biographical note at Shearsman Press See the survey of his writing in Litter e zine Private Utopias or Noises in the Head The Writing of Peter Dent Poetry Book Society Small Press Beat June 2013 Archived 2016 08 01 at the Wayback Machine Completing the Picture Outsiders and Independent ed William Oxley Stride Exeter 1995 ISBN 1 873012 91 8 A State of Independence editor Tony Frazer Stride Publications Exeter 1998 ISBN 978 1 900152 27 3 Scout editor Bob Arnold Longhouse Vermont 1997 Festival archive Archived 2013 06 16 at archive today Peter Dent Breaking Shadows a description quoting six of its 16 poems at Lilliput Review Pages 1 20 are available on the Shearsman Press site Pages 1 20 are available on the Shearsman Press site A sampler of the contents pages and eight initial prose pieces Rob Mack Peter Dent an overview with quotations A poem on the Great Works siteExternal links edit Harmonious Experiences Stride 2002 Five from Dent Stride 2003 Five from Dent Stride 2007 Five from Dent Stride 2007 Five from Dent Stride 2008 Four from Dent Stride 2009 Three from Dent Stride 2009 Four from Dent Stride 2009 As Austerity Measures Bite Stride 2011 Four from Dent X Peri 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Dent amp oldid 1058773398, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
