P amper Me to Hell and Back is full of confessional, provocative and occasionally explicit poems, written in a conversational style with a bleak outlook on life. I have been trying to understand why I love this collection so much and the closest thing I can put my finger on is that Hera Lindsay Bird sees love and absurdity as a continuum. The grand austere aha! Ashley Lamont. I feel like I have found my poet soulmate. That is, the ability to make a statement and to both mean it very deeply while simultaneously holding it up as an object of mockery. This is not the kind of poetry that I normally read, and I must admit to being put-off initially by the more explicit and provocative lines. Not quite emily berry, but very nice nonetheless! A wonderful, albeit short, collection. Buy this book via Amazon Buy this book from Waterstones Declaration: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. Subscribe to Blog via Email If you enjoyed reading this review why not subscribe to my blog and get regular book reviews sent to your inbox? The humor balanced on top of painful truths and insights. Lizzie Huxley-Jones. Or the other way round.
Bookish Bethany. I love her slipping out of punctuation as her mind slips - like a fast-paced text message sent after a few drinks. The very light which makes the blossom visible also renders it sarcastic, bitter and mean. Buy this book from Waterstones. The sheer reach and imaginative variety is striking, but… is that variety part of any form?
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Fame, the moon, meaninglessness. Bookish Bethany. Born in Thames. This pamphlet of poetry by Hera Lindsay Bird is a startling departure from her bestselling debut Hera Lindsay Bird by defying convention and remaining exactly the same, only worse. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. This is not the kind of poetry that I normally read, and I must admit to being put-off initially by the more explicit and provocative lines. Displaying 1 - 30 of 69 reviews. It also reveals the underlying themes of mortality, love and the relentless monotony of life. Community Reviews. Hera Lindsay Bird is God. Other poems seem to be anti-love poems.
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- The sheer reach and imaginative variety is striking, but… is that variety part of any form?
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- Whatever it is, there is something unique and a little bit addictive in these poems.
- We see the same mockery regarding the abandon of being in love when Bird writes.
Part of that infectiousness comes from their strikingly idiomatic style, characterised by several traits: an informality informal to the point of ritual; short to mid-length declarative sentences, stripped of any formal expression of the strong feelings they describe; a conspicuous lack of lyricism; the deadpanning of great misery and joy. Fame, the moon, meaninglessness. Well, where historically poets have refined their language towards poetic diction and metre — and risked being programmatic and melodically repetitive as a result — Bird refines her language towards an imitation of vernacular usage. But Bird is never those things, in the same way Tennyson is never drily metrical. The other striking formal features are the barrage of similes and the frequent ellipses — both taken straight out of the poems of Chelsey Minnis. The sheer reach and imaginative variety is striking, but… is that variety part of any form? Or the other way round. Probably the other way round. The very light which makes the blossom visible also renders it sarcastic, bitter and mean. This poetry neither needs nor wants to venerate the manufacture of apt metaphysical equivalences. Rather, it wants to make a kind of metaphorical soup — with a bunch of tenors and a bunch of vehicles swilling around, bumping into each other with little clangs of humour or insight — by force of density more than precision. The grand austere aha! We see the same mockery regarding the abandon of being in love when Bird writes. Look at how ludicrous it is to be serious about any of this , the poem thinks. That is, the ability to make a statement and to both mean it very deeply while simultaneously holding it up as an object of mockery. Often in these poems humour acts as a cover for heartbreak; silliness becomes moving. These poems, like most good poems, point via negativa to the things which cannot be said. But at the same time, the poems suggest, if romantic cliché what you have to build with — then build with romantic cliché.
Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Buy on Amazon. Rate this book. Hera Lindsay Bird. Love, death, Bruce Willis, public urination, being a woman, love, The Nanny, love. This pamphlet of poetry by Hera Lindsay Bird is a startling departure from her bestselling debut Hera Lindsay Bird by defying convention and remaining exactly the same, only worse. Loading interface About the author, pamper me to hell and back. Hera Lindsay Bird 4 books followers.
Pamper me to hell and back. Pamper Me to Hell & Back by Hera Lindsay Bird
P amper Me to Hell and Back is full of confessional, provocative and occasionally explicit poems, written in a conversational style with a bleak outlook on life. Many of the poems are surreal, whilst some feel more like Facebook posts, pamper me to hell and back, and others seem designed to be performed as spoken word. This sets the scene for a collection which is both humorous and disconcerting, light-hearted and satirical. It also reveals the underlying themes of mortality, love and the relentless monotony of life. This is not the kind of poetry that I normally read, and Pamper me to hell and back must admit to being put-off initially by the more explicit and provocative lines. Perhaps it is the interminable onslaught of surprising almost ridiculous imagery, or the self-deprecating humour that runs throughout. Whatever it is, there is something unique and a little bit addictive in these poems. Other poems seem to be anti-love poems. There are some more straightforward love poems too. I want to get really good at woodwork and go into the forest and cut up some logs and make you a beautiful house to live in. I enjoyed reading the last three poems, which have a more serious undertone, whilst still being light-hearted and full of humour. I like this picture because it reminds me of loneliness And the great, unspecific boredom of life. Buy this book from Waterstones.
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I listened to her read that poem over and over, crying at the end every time. Bookish Bethany.
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