The Marble Fly (Oxford Poets)
by Jamie McKendrick
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In the title poem of Jamie McKendrick's third collection, a fly carved on a Pompeian wall-relief offers an image of the momentary made permanent, of movement and stasis. Many forms of transport - a chimerical hearse, a ten-gun brig, a bike, a banana boat - take these poems to unexpecteddestinations. The journeys they chart explore the overlap between natural and human histories, and the instability and oddness of our attempts to make sense of them.Tags
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I feel I should not leave a review. I am not a reader of poetry although I have come across poems as most people do. There are some I have liked. I believe this is more of a modern poetry. I read every poem, sometimes twice, to try and get a feeling for it. Out of 38 poems there were a couple I could say I liked, but still not enough to want to share it with others.
My one star should not deter you from reading this book. In fact, if you are a lover of poems I would like your oppinion.
My one star should not deter you from reading this book. In fact, if you are a lover of poems I would like your oppinion.
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