Philip George Gardner

Things Cleared Up Finally Philip George Gardner

Published on his 80th birthday, this is Philip Gardner's sixth collection of poems. His first collection appeared in the now-historical Outposts Publications imprint, under the aegis of Howard Sergeant, in 1959, as did his second, in 1970, which brought together poems written while he was serving in the British army in Cyprus in 1958 - 59. The earliest poem in the present collection was written and published in Japan, in 1960; the most recent dates from October, 2015. The collection spans a lifetime spent in various countries across the world, from Gardner's native England to Japan and, for more than fifty years, Newfoundland and mainland Canada.