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Sara Maitland suggested him to me when I visited her in April. Jun 04, E A M Harris rated it it was amazing. A great selection of poems. For this book the poet has confined himself to 15 lines per poem, but within that limitation are a range of forms, subjects and emotions. Subjects concern nature, the spiritual life and some interesting relationships e. Recommended to anyone who likes poetry that is modern but structured. Jan 10, Mandy Haggith rated it liked it Shelves: Some humourous, some bland, some profound, but eventually the uniformity of length felt limiting, as if there were longer, more sustained thoughts not being expressed within the self-imposed constraint.
Dec 26, Sienna rated it liked it Shelves: This collection contains some really strong line poems, but needed significant paring down. I felt drained even before hitting the halfway point.
Review: “Drysalter” by Michael Symmons Roberts
Still seeking that magical work of poetry that tackles alchemy with success. Jan 13, Andy Hickmott rated it really liked it Shelves: An impressive conceptual book, though not of the Christian Bok ilk. Several titles repeat with variations.
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Much to enjoy but a lot to work through. Winner of the Costa Poetry Prize. Mar 30, Hillingdon Libraries marked it as awards-promos Shelves: Find this book at Hillingdon Libraries. Jan 29, Marina Sofia rated it really liked it. A fascinating mix of old-fashioned cadences, rhythm, even vocabulary, with a modern slant, references to new technology, shocking new words.
Poetry for our times, yet it also feels for all time.
Jan 26, Sofia T. Aug 03, Nicole K rated it it was amazing. An immensely powerful book of poetry - I like almost every poem in this book. Jul 04, Anne Brooke rated it liked it Shelves: There are a few really top class poems here, but sadly they're lost in the poor quality of the rest of the work. The collection needed a much stronger editor and a significant amount of culling.
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Wow that poet manages to create poems of 15 lines and make each one as unique as a snowflake. Kerry Charnock rated it really liked it Mar 02, Christopher Sanderson rated it really liked it Nov 08, Michael Sheehan rated it it was amazing Dec 30, Josey rated it it was amazing May 19, Rebecca rated it liked it Apr 24, Poem of the Week: About Michael Symmons Roberts.
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After graduating, he trained as a newspaper journalist before joining the BBC in Cardiff as a radio producer in He moved with the BBC to London, then to Manchester, initially in radio, then as a documentary filmmaker. In he received a major Arts Council Writers Award. It is a magical and haunting idea, deftly executed.
The echoes of all that shattering glass can be heard long after the page has been turned. There are far too many fantastic ideas packed into Drysalter to even begin to list them all.
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They are dark little gems, bleak and frightening — though the series concludes with a surprisingly bizarre twist. The sheer wealth of excellent ideas is one of the great delights of this particular book. Roberts is endlessly creative and original, taking the reader from the present day into the dark realms of myth and legend, into impossible futures, through the strange and the irreal.
Such variety is a feat when you consider that each and every poem in the book is comprised of exactly fifteen lines.
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This formal constraint results in a fairly dry, by-the-numbers-looking book, the contents of which are anything but. The plain, nondescript cover functions almost as camoflague for the fantastic poetry within. Michael Symmons Roberts has now taken this archaic word as a title for his sixth collection of poems, published recently by Cape Poetry.
The opening poem is deeply promising. Cups, mirrors, plate glass windows — even the smoked glass monoliths of office towers — all fracture and crumble. It is a magical and haunting idea, deftly executed. The echoes of all that shattering glass can be heard long after the page has been turned. There are far too many fantastic ideas packed into Drysalter to even begin to list them all.
They are dark little gems, bleak and frightening — though the series concludes with a surprisingly bizarre twist. The sheer wealth of excellent ideas is one of the great delights of this particular book. Roberts is endlessly creative and original, taking the reader from the present day into the dark realms of myth and legend, into impossible futures, through the strange and the irreal.