Paperback. Fairs Fair, Susan Uttings third full poetry collection has been described as joyous, heartbreaking, rammd with life. In these poems dead creatures (a stuffed bird, a taxidermists zebra) and people (a lovable, garrulous old man, a strange, moon-faced woman) come back to life. The graveyard dead join in the partying and after-hours drinking in the village pub; a lament becomes a celebration of life. Full of desires and ambitions some fulfilled, some thwarted, from learning to read to reaching the moon, from shape-shifting to living without mirrors poems are paired to speak to, or reflect each other. Themes and stories chain-react and echo throughout the book in Uttings trademark rich vocabulary, strong rhythms and distinctive patterns of sound. Fairs Fair continues to fulfil Adrian Mitchells description of Susan Uttings work: Her poems are musical, magical and have a clarity which goes straight to the heart. These poems are full of desires and ambitions - some fulfilled, some thwarted, from learning to read to reaching the moon, from shape-shifting to living without mirrors. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Fair's Fair (Paperback)
Publisher: Two Rivers Press, Reading
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 190167780X
ISBN 13: 9781901677805
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Fair's Fair, Susan Utting's third full poetry collection has been described as joyous, heartbreaking, ramm'd with life'. In these poems dead creatures (a stuffed bird, a taxidermist's zebra) and people (a lovable, garrulous old man, a strange, moon-faced woman) come back to life. The graveyard dead join in the partying and after-hours drinking in the village pub; a lament becomes a celebration of life. Full of desires and ambitions - some fulfilled, some thwarted, from learning to read to reaching the moon, from shape-shifting to living without mirrors - poems are paired to speak to, or reflect each other. Themes and stories chain-react and echo throughout the book in Utting's trademark rich vocabulary, strong rhythms and distinctive patterns of sound. Fair's Fair continues to fulfil Adrian Mitchell's description of Susan Utting's Her poems are musical, magical and have a clarity which goes straight to the heart.'

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