In Her Shambles

£9.99

Elizabeth Parker

Born in the Forest Of Dean, Elizabeth Parker’s lively debut collection of poems introduces us to a poet who uses language with verve and zest. Her subjects range from a poem where family members are embodied by their own rivers, to carefully observed set-pieces inspired by relationships, from burgeoning first loves to break-ups.

In stock

SKU: 9781781724460 Category: Tag:

Description

Spikey, provocative, declamatory, these energetic poems from Elizabeth Parker, In Her Shambles, her debut collection from Seren, sweep the reader along through their narratives, quite literally so in ‘Rivers’ where friends and family members take on the various characteristics of different bodies of water. Parker likes to extend her symbols and metaphors beyond the short lyric, her poems are often more than two pages, giving them a discursive, meditative feel that contrasts well with her lively verb-rich syntax. She is as good at observing a casual conversation as she is in delving deeply and more intensely into close relationships. Notable here are her ‘slant’ love poems as well as her poem about a father prone to ‘rescues’ from the “Barely-there weight of the pipistrelle/ he scooped from the outdoor loo” to his daughters “calling to him from their cities”. In Her Shambles is a delightful and distinctive debut from Elizabeth Parker.

Additional information

Weight 84 g
Dimensions 21.6 × 13.8 × 0.6 cm
Author

Publisher

Seren

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

60

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

821.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K