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Watering Can
Professor Of Government David Mckay
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Description for Watering Can
paperback. Celebrates life as an early twenty-something. This book presents a collection of poems of Caroline Bird. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Caroline Bird's two earlier collections were acclaimed for their exuberant energy, surreal imagination and passion - 'a bit of a Howl for a new generation', wrote the "Hudson Review". "Watering Can" celebrates life as an early twenty-something. The poems, writes Caroline Bird, 'contain prophetic videos, a moon colonised by bullies, weeping scholars, laughing ducks, silent weddings - all the fertiliser that pours on top of your head.' The extraordinary verve and compassion of her verse propels us into the anxiety of new responsibilities. Raw but never hopeless, "Watering Can" has comedy, wordplay and bright self-deprecation.
Caroline Bird's two earlier collections were acclaimed for their exuberant energy, surreal imagination and passion - 'a bit of a Howl for a new generation', wrote the "Hudson Review". "Watering Can" celebrates life as an early twenty-something. The poems, writes Caroline Bird, 'contain prophetic videos, a moon colonised by bullies, weeping scholars, laughing ducks, silent weddings - all the fertiliser that pours on top of your head.' The extraordinary verve and compassion of her verse propels us into the anxiety of new responsibilities. Raw but never hopeless, "Watering Can" has comedy, wordplay and bright self-deprecation.
Product Details
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
84
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
84
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847770882
SKU
V9781847770882
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-7
About Professor Of Government David Mckay
Caroline Bird, who was born in 1986, was a winner of the Simon Elvin Young Poets of the Year Award in 1999 and 2000, and the Peterloo Poets Competition for Young Poets in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Her first collection, Looking Through Letterboxes, was published by Carcanet in 2002; her second collection, Trouble Came to the Turnip, appeared in 2006. ... Read more
Reviews for Watering Can
What an original captivating and spellbinding voice. Bird is fearless like 'the girl who dropped her ice-cream down a volcano and leaped in after it'. She's dangerous and witty too with a rare quality of imagination. This is a wonder, a beautifully written book of poems. - Lemn Sissay