The Artful Lodger and Other Poems
Heather Pickering`s delightful collection of forty-plus poems take us through the magic scale of human experience and emotion, from the treasures - and fears - in `Auntie`s Attic` to the mystery of a fortune-teller at a fair (was she really there?), the hilarious indignities of `In-convenience` (tea and porcelain), and the pitfalls of middle-aged dating (`Lonely Hearts`) and long-term partnerships (`The Other Point of View`). Sometimes the author touches on tragedy (`The Mystery of the Boy who Jumped` and `Road Kill`), but is contented in the main to rejoice in the things we love (`Dawn Chorus` and `Bianca`), comment wryly on the plagues of modern life (`Plane Speaking`), and retreat to that special place, the inner landscape of words...
Дата выхода: январь 2006
