The Lunatic: Poems
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From Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate Charles Simic comes a dazzling collection of...
Complete Works
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One of the world's most influential poets, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) is remembered as much for his...
The Complete Poems of John Keats
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With an Introduction by Paul Wright. 'What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote...
Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood
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Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry 2016 There were many things that Hollie McNish...
Night Sky With Exit Wounds
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Winner of the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection An extraordinary debut from a...
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ClareR (5674 KP) rated The Perseverence in Books
Sep 23, 2019
It made me really think about what it is to have an invisible disability too. In ‘Miami Airport’, the official says:
“You don’t look deaf?
can you prove it?”
This reminded me of the times when I would have to pull up my sons trouser leg to show his splints when challenged about queuing for the disabled toilet (please don’t do this, it’s not cool) - something he rightly wont let me do anymore, I should add!
It was really good to read this on The Pigeonhole, too, and to have some discussion about the poems. I do hope they repeat this soon. Oh, and I bought the book as well, because I really like to read poetry again (and again!). I’m a bit of a ‘poetry dipper’ 😉
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The fourth collection of poetry from the literary and cultural critic Fred Moten, B Jenkins is named...
Irene M (130 KP) rated And I Thought Divorce Was Bad: With Other Life Lessons in Books
Dec 7, 2018
A collection of poetry, words of wisdom and short stories, all surrounding the subject of a relationship gone wrong, and through the healing process. After a short prologue poem the first item of prose is called “A Shiner” … a hard hitter in more way that one.
There was one or two small grammatical things I saw, but that's just me being a bit picky as it was not enough to take away from the heart-string pulling writing.
Well worth a read
Great American Horse Stories: Lyons Press Classics
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Our relationship and fascination with horses have been evident in every civilization and throughout...
Ari Augustine (10 KP) rated We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite in Books
May 4, 2020
I fully expected the usual confessional poetry and was pleasantly surprised by the depth of many poems, which touch on subjects such as abortion, sex, and substance abuse. I found the word play interesting and alluring, while occasionally surpassing boundaries I wasn't aware existed. Though it's not my *favorite* collection, it's certainly a cerebral and fluid one, offering up a depth of experience difficult to find in these shallow modern poetic waters.