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Ioana Iorgu. Bird has this wonderful way of being absolutely hilarious then punching you in the gut with emotion and melancholy. She manages to build you an image in your head of every single poem. Luísa tolkientoyou. But this here pamphlet suggests my awe will only increase with every new release. Jump to ratings and reviews. I am always making speeches, but speeches are a waste of time The only useful speech is one where you enumerate someone's many failures until they burst into tears But if anyone is bursting into tears today it will be me I just want to lie naked on a deckchair, fanning myself with divorce papers from "Speech time". Absurd and overwhelming, but accurate and revealing - just like love is. Part of that infectiousness comes from their strikingly idiomatic style, characterised by several traits: an informality informal to the point of ritual; short to mid-length declarative sentences, stripped of any formal expression of the strong feelings they describe; a conspicuous lack of lyricism; the deadpanning of great misery and joy. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. My two favorites in this little book were Jealousy and Pyramid Scheme, which was how I first learned of her, when she read for Poetry Magazine podcast. Author 13 books 32 followers.

My two favorites in this little book were Jealousy and Pyramid Scheme, which was how I first learned of her, when she read for Poetry Magazine podcast. And it's not. Hera Lindsay Bird. Do read. Subscribe to Blog. Look at how ludicrous it is to be serious about any of this , the poem thinks. Add your Reply Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Reviews are an initiative from the Poetry School. And it's funny. I feel like I have found my poet soulmate.

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Lots of contemporary lit plays with the relationship between the earnest and satirical but I've never experienced such intense confusion about whether I am on the verge of laughter or tears as I do when I read HLB. Community Reviews. This sets the scene for a collection which is both humorous and disconcerting, light-hearted and satirical. There are some more straightforward love poems too. I want to get really good at woodwork and go into the forest and cut up some logs and make you a beautiful house to live in. If you ever get the chance, hear her read her poetry. I am always making speeches, but speeches are a waste of time The only useful speech is one where you enumerate someone's many failures until they burst into tears But if anyone is bursting into tears today it will be me I just want to lie naked on a deckchair, fanning myself with divorce papers from "Speech time". Fame, the moon, meaninglessness. Love, death, Bruce Willis, public urination, being a woman, love, The Nanny, love. This pamphlet of poetry by Hera Lindsay Bird is a startling departure from her bestselling debut Hera Lindsay Bird by defying convention and remaining exactly the same, only worse.

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Part of that infectiousness comes from their strikingly idiomatic style, characterised by several traits: an informality informal to the point of ritual; short to mid-length declarative sentences, stripped of any formal expression of the strong feelings they describe; a conspicuous lack of lyricism; the deadpanning of great misery and joy. Fame, the moon, meaninglessness. Well, where historically poets have refined their language towards poetic diction and metre — and risked being programmatic and melodically repetitive as a result — Bird refines her language towards an imitation of vernacular usage. But Bird is never those things, in the same way Tennyson is never drily metrical. The other striking formal features are the barrage of similes and the frequent ellipses — both taken straight out of the poems of Chelsey Minnis. The sheer reach and imaginative variety is striking, but… is that variety part of any form? Or the other way round. Probably the other way round. The very light which makes the blossom visible also renders it sarcastic, bitter and mean. This poetry neither needs nor wants to venerate the manufacture of apt metaphysical equivalences. Rather, it wants to make a kind of metaphorical soup — with a bunch of tenors and a bunch of vehicles swilling around, bumping into each other with little clangs of humour or insight — by force of density more than precision. The grand austere aha! We see the same mockery regarding the abandon of being in love when Bird writes. Look at how ludicrous it is to be serious about any of this , the poem thinks. That is, the ability to make a statement and to both mean it very deeply while simultaneously holding it up as an object of mockery. Often in these poems humour acts as a cover for heartbreak; silliness becomes moving. These poems, like most good poems, point via negativa to the things which cannot be said.

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Pamper me to hell and back. Review: ‘Pamper Me To Hell & Back’ by Hera Lindsay Bird

P amper Me to Hell and Back is full of confessional, provocative and occasionally explicit poems, written in a conversational style with a bleak outlook on life. Many of the poems are surreal, whilst some feel more like Facebook posts, and others seem designed to be performed as spoken word. This sets the scene for a collection which is both humorous and disconcerting, light-hearted and satirical. It also reveals the underlying themes of mortality, love and the relentless monotony of life. This is not the kind of poetry that I normally read, and I must admit to being put-off initially by the more explicit and provocative lines. Perhaps it is the interminable onslaught of surprising almost ridiculous imagery, or the self-deprecating humour that runs throughout, pamper me to hell and back. Whatever it is, there is something unique and a little bit addictive in these poems. Other poems seem to be anti-love poems. There are some more straightforward love poems too. I want to get really good at woodwork and go into the forest and cut up some logs and make you a beautiful house to pamper me to hell and back in. I enjoyed reading the last three poems, which have a more serious undertone, whilst still being light-hearted and full of humour. I like this picture because it reminds me of loneliness And the great, unspecific boredom of life. Buy this book from Waterstones. If you enjoyed reading this review why not subscribe to my blog and get regular book reviews sent to your inbox?

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