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Book of Matches

By: Simon Armitage
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber
ISBN: 0571169821
ISBN-13: 9780571169825
Released: 03 Sep 2001
RRP: £9.99
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The Elvis of Poetry.... - By: Neil, 28 Jul 2008
I think this is one of the best poetry collections of the last 30 yrs.

The opening salvo of 'My party piece' is a spine-chiller & through to the last piece in that section describing a burnt-out Armitage in self-destruct mode sitting in his car- this is a modern classic which taps the Zeitgeist in a way only he can.

And I have to agree with the other reviewer about To a lost lover - your toes curl at the combination of intimacy, sensitivity & agonising regret.

Someone once said that 'poetry is the new rock n'roll' - if Elvis were alive today he would be writing poetry like this...

Thank you Simon.

Neil

breathtaking - By: S. Murphy, 14 May 2002
'To his lost Lover' brought myself & my lover together. I have never been more inspired, made jelly-legged & envious of a poet. These poems seem straight forward but they are subtly layered, like slate which whilst seeming thin is actuallly made up of a myriad carefully arranged skins. Brilliant!
a breath of fresh air - By: , 26 Oct 2000
at last a contemporary poet who has managed to combine a unique voice with such outdated notions as craft & technique. perhaps he can lead us out of the waste land poetry has become mired as it is with alll those recent meaningless... poets.