The Itchy Sea is an extraordinarily vivid collection of poems which are, above all, entertaining. The poems each have a kind of freshness and cut-through that will hold the reader’s attention in a world that’s full of dazzling distractions. They are a protest against the well-founded idea that poetry has to be dull. Their concerns are sex, death, the soul and a chocolate car. Beneath their shiny surfaces they are an intense but carefree therapy session for all our infantile ids.
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This is one of the most original and memorable debut collections for many years.--Roddy Lumsden
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An emerging talent to watch. (Ben Wilkinson Times Literary Supplement )
Mark Waldron is the most striking and unusual new voice to have emerged in British poetry for some time. (John Stammers )
This is urgent, thought-provoking poetry – one of the most important debuts for a long time. (Clare Pollard Magma )
This is one of the most original and memorable debut collections for many years. (Roddy Lumsden )
Mark Waldron is the most striking and unusual new voice to have emerged in British poetry for some time. (John Stammers )
This is urgent, thought-provoking poetry – one of the most important debuts for a long time. (Clare Pollard Magma )
This is one of the most original and memorable debut collections for many years. (Roddy Lumsden )
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If you want to read poems that are actually, radically original, you will find many in this book. Originality is over-claimed, and possibly over valued, (at least when its simply surface novelty), and if read with distraction these poems might come across as whimsical, rococo playthings. But if the reader allows their imagination to take real and firm purchase on the conceit that governs each poem, then a quite extraordinary imaginative landscape opens up, Darien style, and we are transported directly into what has never been described before. His is a Heironymous Bosch like world, and the rewards are similar.
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After hearing Mark Waldron reading some of his poetry, as well as others, the other night, I just had to get this book. On the night itself 'The Chocolate Car' (page 14 in this collection) went down very well with all present.
Some of these poems are slightly reminiscent of the Beat Generation, and perhaps that may be where Mark has leanings to. All of these poems herein give you vivid imagery and make you see things in a different way, all of them are highly entertaining and are a joy to read. Well worth getting.
Some of these poems are slightly reminiscent of the Beat Generation, and perhaps that may be where Mark has leanings to. All of these poems herein give you vivid imagery and make you see things in a different way, all of them are highly entertaining and are a joy to read. Well worth getting.
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