Selfie with waterlilies
From the intriguing opening poem Turkish Delight to the brutal honesty of the closing one, Appeasement, Paul Stephenson takes us on a journey which, whilst being rooted in familial and everyday experiences such as meals, travel, childhood and teenage angst, takes surreal twists and turns, wrapped up...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Great Britain :
Paper Swans Press,
2017.
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| Summary: | From the intriguing opening poem Turkish Delight to the brutal honesty of the closing one, Appeasement, Paul Stephenson takes us on a journey which, whilst being rooted in familial and everyday experiences such as meals, travel, childhood and teenage angst, takes surreal twists and turns, wrapped up in a playful, yet crafted, joy in language. The issue of parental loss overarches but with a sideways glance that never means this rests heavy-handedly in the pamphlet. In a self-referential age, the <U+2018>Selfie' of the title is not overly intrusive and the <U+2018>Me reflected from above' (a phrase from the title poem) could be any one of us reflected from above, <U+2018>seeing blue'. These are poems of the familiar yet exotic, of home and abroad, of Uncle Ben's Rice and Baklava, of Rotherhithe and Russia, of seething and soothing <U+2013> so <U+2018>buckle and tighten' (Waistcoat of Life) and enjoy the ride. |
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| Physical Description: | 35 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780993175688 |
