Dave Lewis' poetry is honest and direct. Each word is effective and easily understood. Unlike so many others today, he writes from the heart and soul, from raw emotion; he has drawn on his wide ranging knowledge and experience to evolve a style, an elevated poetic diction, which eschews artifice and ornate language. To do otherwise, to court obscurity, to write for just a small coterie, would be for him to miss the mark. A true son of his native South Wales Valleys, his work moves from the local, to the national, to the international; he aspires to a universal discourse, beyond the here and now, and beyond class, or localness, or country. This excellent collection of Dave Lewis' work is highly recommended - John Evans.
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By Julie Ovens
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This is a magical little book which shows us there are still great poets living in Wales. Honest and moving, yet simply written and easy to understand. A writer who has the ability to create heart-wrenching images of everyday life with the minimum of fuss.
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Layer Cake - sunshine on a rainy day
28 Aug 2009
By Amanda Weeks
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It's not often that a collection of poems inspires and uplifts you. It's something that happens as rarely as a good British summer, in fact. But Layer Cake by Dave Lewis is just as unusual and welcome.
In the stuffy world that poetry can be, this collection really is a breath of fresh air. This collection of unique and different poems comes from the heart, with subjects as diverse as boats and Stevie Nicks! Each poem reads like a story and conjurs an image in your mind, from the highly sensual evocations in Grinding Down to the succinct and to-the-point Protrait of Churchill.
Dave Lewis is obviously well-travelled and his poems Africa and Kenya take you to these places without having to endure Gatwick! But closer to home, Dave also creates poignant images of his home country in with well-crafted gems like Pen-y-fan and Y Bont.
All in all, this is an intersting and entertaining collection which is well worth reading.
In the stuffy world that poetry can be, this collection really is a breath of fresh air. This collection of unique and different poems comes from the heart, with subjects as diverse as boats and Stevie Nicks! Each poem reads like a story and conjurs an image in your mind, from the highly sensual evocations in Grinding Down to the succinct and to-the-point Protrait of Churchill.
Dave Lewis is obviously well-travelled and his poems Africa and Kenya take you to these places without having to endure Gatwick! But closer to home, Dave also creates poignant images of his home country in with well-crafted gems like Pen-y-fan and Y Bont.
All in all, this is an intersting and entertaining collection which is well worth reading.
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