Jon Silkin (December 2, 1930–November 25, 1997) was a British poet.
Read more about Jon Silkin: Early Life, Poetry, Works, Poetry of The Committed Individual (1973)
Famous quotes containing the words jon and/or silkin:
“The dog is mentioned in the Bible eighteen times—the cat not even once.”
—W.E. Farbstein. Quoted in “Hundkeit,” Mondo Canine, ed. Jon Winokur, Dutton (1991)
“He turned over on his side with his one year
Red as a wound
He turned over as if he could be sorry for this
And out of his eyes two great tears rolled, like stones, and he died.”
—Jon Silkin (b. 1930)