safa9706's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
I like that there is a palpable anger in some of the poems and some beautiful imagery.
“While allotment dads knelt to pluck / like flowers the first green saag / of spring”
There were some great lines in this collection, and I did like some whole poems too, but for the most part I think this collection just wasn’t to my taste which is a shame as I wanted to like it.
I liked Cane, On Your ‘A 1940 Memory’, The Vishnu of Wolverhampton, The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge, GET OFF MY POEM WHITEY and Shame.
Will definitely still be giving his other collections a read.
I like that there is a palpable anger in some of the poems and some beautiful imagery.
“While allotment dads knelt to pluck / like flowers the first green saag / of spring”
There were some great lines in this collection, and I did like some whole poems too, but for the most part I think this collection just wasn’t to my taste which is a shame as I wanted to like it.
I liked Cane, On Your ‘A 1940 Memory’, The Vishnu of Wolverhampton, The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge, GET OFF MY POEM WHITEY and Shame.
Will definitely still be giving his other collections a read.
shakeyjakey1706's review against another edition
3.0
“Your verse, built on the reflex of love, / its lesson that whoever can face up to horror / and survive must be held by a vision at root.”
molliepop's review
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Anthology which contains beautifully complex explorations of global identity within (post)colonial Britain. Ranges from individual, emotive experiences to reflective, lofty treatises. Enjoyed researching the nuanced references.
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