Although he was published as a poet while still young, The Wandering Islands (1955) was his first collection and all that remained of his early work after most of his manuscripts were destroyed in a fire.
Obwohl er seine ersten Veröffentlichungen als Dichter schon in jungen Jahren erlebte – The Wandering Islands (1955) war sein erster Sammelband, wurden die meisten Manuskripte seiner frühen Werke im Feuer zerstört.