Christopher Reid
Teoksen A Scattering tekijä
About the Author
Christopher Reid is Senor Lecturer in English, Queen Mary, University of London.
Sarjat
Tekijän teokset
Lucinda's Way (in Arete 26 - MARBER) 1 kappale
The Song of Lunch [2010 film] 1 kappale
Associated Works
Poetry Speaks Expanded: Hear Poets Read Their Own Work from Tennyson to Plath (2007) — Avustaja — 147 kappaletta
War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad (Omnibus ed.) (2015) — Toimittaja, eräät painokset — 135 kappaletta
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1949-05-13
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- 1949-05-13
- Asuinpaikat
- Hong Kong
England, UK - Koulutus
- University of Oxford (Exeter College)
Tonbridge School, Kent, England, UK - Ammatit
- Professor in Creative Writing (University of Hull)
editor (Faber & Faber)
poet
essayist
cartoonist
writer - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Michael Braude Award for Light Verse (2008)
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Short and poignant.
Wish I could find the BBC proms version of it online somewhere.
Wish I could find the BBC proms version of it online somewhere.
(Note: I always try to review poetry in my own bad verse. Apologies.)
Eliot's volume of feline-themed verse
Spawned a Broadway musical first
And a movie you might not pay to see
(But the reviews are entertaining for free).
In the spirit of that nonsensical book,
Author Reid chose to take a look
At the canine side of the equation
Finding in their quirks his inspiration.
In penning this sort of companion work,
Unfortunate comparisons always lurk:
I found these poems much less memorable,
I fear the book's not quite as venerable.
Eliot this fellow never will be,
His verse never rises to true poetry.
Or he may have been hampered by one simple fact:
Dogs are just not as poetic as cats.… (lisätietoja)
Eliot's volume of feline-themed verse
Spawned a Broadway musical first
And a movie you might not pay to see
(But the reviews are entertaining for free).
In the spirit of that nonsensical book,
Author Reid chose to take a look
At the canine side of the equation
Finding in their quirks his inspiration.
In penning this sort of companion work,
Unfortunate comparisons always lurk:
I found these poems much less memorable,
I fear the book's not quite as venerable.
Eliot this fellow never will be,
His verse never rises to true poetry.
Or he may have been hampered by one simple fact:
Dogs are just not as poetic as cats.… (lisätietoja)
Dull and way too wordy, though there were one or two really good poems hidden in the mix - they should have been given a much better chance to breathe. Actually by the time I'd finished the collection I really hated the woman he wrote it for, I have to say, so obviously that aspect of it didn't work for me, as surely she can't have been that irritating!
If you want top-class poetry of grief, then you're much better off with Hardy.
If you want top-class poetry of grief, then you're much better off with Hardy.
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It gets all the emotions, appears simple but has many layers and much depth. A masterful collection.
I'm sure I'll come back to reread this many times.