Catullus: Shibari Carmina by Isobel Williams The Nameless Places The poems that make up

The poems that make up the book’s opening sequence

The epitaph John Keats composed for his own gravestone - 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water' - seemingly damned him to oblivion

the poet finds fresh words for why we should be hopeful and careful about this life

and this is well worth the wait

later adapted into a controversial film by Stanley Kubrick

Catullus: Shibari Carmina by Isobel Williams The Nameless Places The poems that make upCarcanet publishes several Catulluses: C. H. Sisson's, Len Krisak's, Simon Smith's. But Isobel Williams's Catullus: Shibari Carmina is different in kind from the earlier versions. 'Translating Catullus has been, for me, like cage fighting with two opponents,' the translator writes: 'not just A Top Poet, but the schoolgirl I was, trained to show the examiner that she knew what each word meant.' The struggle is intensified by the presence of a third