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Cargando... Seeing Starspor Simon Armitage
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Quirky, slightly morose tellings of incidents in the style of James Tate, but a British version. These prose poems take you on bite sized journeys. However, I still prefer Tate's oddball sense of humor to Armitage. Bringing it all back home is the standout poem for me and I can see why he sequenced it second to last. Perhaps it is because the ironical distance in that one also comes with some revelation of himself as he imagines a poetic tour of his hometown? Never more than three pages in length, these stoems or pories will appeal both to readers who enjoy short stories but never got into poetry and those who admire the wordplay and creativity in your average stanza but don't have the attention span for most tall tales. Which is a very longwinded way of saying: they're ace. Sample opening line: "I hadn't meant to go grave-robbing with Richard Dawkins, but he can be very persuasive." How could you not want to read on? Read the full review at my blog I very much enjoyed this short book of poetry. They toy with your imagination... different worlds, different experiences - just where is the next line going to take you? If you haven't read any poetry in a while (like me) and want something which is accessible and also has some humour, then I recommend this to you. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
The christening -- An accommodation -- The cuckoo -- Back in the early days of the twenty-first century -- Michael -- I'll be there to love and comfort you -- The English astronaut -- Hop in, Dennis -- Upon opening the chest freezer -- Seeing stars -- Last words -- My difference -- The accident -- Aviators -- 15:30 by the elephant house -- An obituary -- Knowing what we know now -- The experience -- Collaborators -- Ricky Wilson couldn't sleep -- The knack -- The practical way to heaven -- To the bridge -- Beyond Huddersfield -- Cheeses of Nazareth -- Show and tell -- Upon unloading the dishwasher -- Poodles -- The personal touch -- The last panda -- Sold to the lady in the sunglasses and green shoes -- The war of the roses -- A nativity -- The delegates -- The overtones -- The sighting of the century -- The crunch -- Bringing it all back home -- Last day on planet Earth. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)821.914Literature English English poetry 1900- 1900-1999 1945-1999Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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-The Christening
-My Difference
-The Experience
-The Last Panda
-The Delegates
-The Overtones
Also, the poems seemed to be written in free verse so free it looked like prose. I may have missed something. I would point out, however, that this is not a criticism. 'Poetry has to be, you know, poetry' is not a tautology, but a viciously circular argument.
Now I gotta go familiarize myself with some more poetry a) written in the last 50 years b) by people I didn't study in school.
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