David Jaffin: Thought Colors Click on covers for more information, where available.
Published
2008. Paperback, 325pp, A5 format, £12.50 / $20
ISBN 9781905700721. Published jointly with St-Johannis-Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
Available from SPD in the USA, and direct from the press in the UK.
Jaffin's collection for 2008 — the latest in his annual series of publications. One of the most prolific of poets since he returned to writikng in the late 1990s, Jaffin's fecund poetic imagination never allows his output to stray into mere repetition.
David Jaffin: Sunstreams
Published
2007. Paperback, 324pp, A5 format, £12 / $20.
ISBN 9781905700400
Sunstreams is David Jaffin's annual volume of poetry for 2007, another collection of micro-lyrics in his trademark short-lined style, with nary a word a spare.
David Jaffin: Dream Flow
Published
2006. 215x135mm paperback, 311pp, £10 / $17.
ISBN 9781905700141
David Jaffin – an American poet and pastor in the Lutheran (Evangelical) church in Germany – is one of the most productive poets of our time. Dream Flow is his largest single collection to date and features new short lyrics from the year 2005. A master of concision, Jaffin's work is in the American modern tradition but stands outside it to a certain degree, conducting its explorations of language in a remarkably pure, stripped-down style.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
David Jaffin: Intimacies of Sound
Published
2005. 215x135mm paperback, 214pp, £7.50 / $12.
ISBN 9780907562788
Jaffin's eighth collection of his trademark short-lined lyrics with Shearsman.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
David Jaffin: These Time-Shifting Thoughts
Published
2005. 215x135mm paperback, 214pp, £7.50 / $12.
ISBN 9780907562689
Jaffin's seventh collection of his trademark short-lined lyrics with Shearsman.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
David Jaffin: A Voiced Awakening
Published
2004. 215x135mm paperback, 214pp, £7.50 / $12.
ISBN 9780907562573
Jaffin's sixth collection of his trademark short-lined lyrics with Shearsman.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
David Jaffin: Through Lost Silences
Published
2003. 215x135mm paperback, 184pp, £7.50 / $12.
ISBN 9780907562382
Jaffin's fifth collection since he came back to writing poetry. Uniform with the other collections shown on this page.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
David Jaffin: A Birth in Seeing
Published
2003. 215x135mm paperback, 168pp, £7.50 / $12.
ISBN 9780907562351
Jaffin's fourth collection since he came back to writing poetry. Uniform with the author's three previous collections.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
David Jaffin: Into the Timeless Deep
Published
2002. 215x135mm paperback, 160pp. £7.50 / $12.
ISBN 9780907562337
A third collection of poems by this German-resident, American-born poet. Edition uniform with the author's other recent collections A Birth in Seeing, That Sense for Meaning, and The Telling of Time.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
David Jaffin: That Sense for Meaning
Published
2001. 215x135mm paperback, 173pp. £7.50 / $12.
ISBN 9780907562320
Jaffin's second come-back collection, consisting entirely of new poems from the year 2000 as well as a group of uncollected poems from his early years as a writer, which emphasises his enormous lyric gift.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
David Jaffin: The Telling of Time. Poems 1989-1997
Published
2000. No ISBN. 215x135mm paperback, 215pp, £7.50 / $12.50.
Comeback collection by this long-silent American poet. See the author's subsequent collections above.
Published jointly with St-Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.
Available direct from Shearsman Books only.