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The Times, 1st January 2000
A level-headed pair, rather than the wild-eyed romantic cliche, Andrew Motion and Owen Sheers share a strong desire to make poetry more accessible. Motion, 47, was appointed successor to Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate in June 1999. A controversial appointee, he has broken with tradition by writing poems about the TUC conference as well as the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones. He is convinced the future of poetry lies in more people having the chance to see whether it speaks to them. He was keen to be photographed with Sheers, championing his work as "sharp, fresh, clear and ambitious." Sheers, 25, is a poet from South Wales... He believes poetry will continue to inspire people into the next millennium. "With stronger marketing," he argues, "there is no reason why poetry should not be as much a part of public conversation as the contemporary novel"
Neil Rollinson, Back cover copy, February 2000
This vivid and potent debut collection from Owen Sheers is populated with characters trying to come to terms with themselves and others and with the sifficult journeys they find themselves taking. It is a moving experience which he makes sense of in finely wrought verse that is tough, but also lyrical. A distinctive new voice for the year 2000
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Wow! Can I play?,
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...Who cares if it's over-hyped or not - thank goodness there are some poets around who get noticed at all, and who stir us all up now and then.And I've only given The Blue Book four stars to allow Sheers room to go upwards from here, rather than down Tobias Hill's alleged "asymptotic curve." {Congrats on that one, by the way, London). I like Andrew Motion, I like Tobias Hill, I like The Hawk in the Rain, and I like the fact that Owen Sheers writes poetry, READS poetry and has an evangelical zeal about poetry. I like the fact that the few new poems of his I've seen are looking good, and I like the fact that he's going to get better...
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Who would have thought he had it in him?,
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Having seen Owen Sheers in a number of entertainment programmes for Welsh television, and in a number of pantomimes in both Cardiff and Swansea (many of those familiar with his poetry are unaware of his career as a family entertainer) I was pleasantly surprised to see that he has finally gotten around to publishing a book of his very moving poems. And there is no room here for the kind of silly banter and larking about that his larger audience in Wales are used to. Here the subjects are love, life, and that very abstract notion of home that is common in Welsh literature. I was also pleased to see, from the author photograph on the back cover, that he has shaved off his moustache!
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A fantastic 1st collection of poetry which seems very personal, almost autobiographical. I particularly love the poems about family members- touching poems about his mother and poignant poems about his grandfather and his death.
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