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Sunday Times, June 23 2002
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THIS SECTION begins with poems that celebrate the joy of living, the beauty of the natural world and the pleasures of the body and the senses. Read the first page
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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As an English teacher currently reading a Masters degree in Creative Writing, I would unreservedly recommend this anthology for two main reasons,
(1)It contains an amazing breadth and depth of contemporary poetry that relates to human experience. So much so that it is the ONLY poetry book I have given as presents to friends who profess no interest in poetry whatsoever. If you want know what all the fuss is about this form of writing then this book is best fitted to meet your curiosity.
(2) Editor Neil Astley has cleverly organised the poetry into loose thematic chapters so the reader is able to access (and compare)treatments of subjects close to their heart.
I have over 20 poetry compilations in my library and have read a lot more- this is the best. It has done what I previously thought impossible in toppling Hughes' and Heaney's 'The Rattlebag' off the top spot.
One slight word of caution, 'Staying Alive' unlike 'The Rattlebag'is definitely for an adult readership, in both sensibility and language.
Can't wait for the sequel 'Being Alive'
The poems are divided into sections like Body and Soul or In and Out of Love, which is great if you approach the book with a particular need, for example, if someone close to you is ill, or if you need to find the words to express a new found love. However, the real beauty of this book is the way the poems talk to one another across the page. Poems on similar subjects, but by different poets, form a dialog between the themselves and allow the reader to contemplate the subject far deeper than if the poem stood alone.
I knew a few of the poets in this volume and have enjoyed some of their classic poems, but even more pleasurable has been discovering the unknown poets who don't make it into the public eye.
What a joy this book has been! Bring culture and conversation to your coffee table now and invest in a copy right away!
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