Stewart Henderson
Författare till Who Left Grandad at the Chip Shop?: And Other Poems
Verk av Stewart Henderson
Poetry Emotion: 50 Original Poems to Spark an Imaginative Approach to Topical Values (2012) 3 exemplar
Greenbelt: since the beginning 1 exemplar
Whose Idea of Fun is a Nightmare ? 1 exemplar
A Poet’s Notebook 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Kön
- male
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Statistik
- Verk
- 15
- Medlemmar
- 63
- Popularitet
- #268,028
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 1
- ISBN
- 18
First, the poetry in this collection is excellent and I wish there were more included in the book. Secondly, the detailed explanations were interesting and even entertaining. Henderson uses Shelley and Malcolm McLaren as a source of inspiration for a single poem. At first, it may seem like an enormous stretch, but Shelley was pretty punk rock in his time, especially when hanging out with Byron.
What I really didn't like was the detailed explanations before the poem. An afterword would have been great or even an introduction covering the poems of the collection in much less detail. I felt a bit robbed in having the poem explained before having an opportunity to read it and form my own opinion of the poem. It felt almost like a spoiler to a book or movie.
I appreciate the poet opening his thought and inspirations to the reader, but it could have been done in a way that did not hamper the discovery of the poem. Presenting the poems first and explaining the inspiration later may have been a better option. Part of the enjoyment of reading poetry is trying to discover what the poet's intention. An excellent concept for a book. The information, poems, and insights are all excellent but it could have been executed better.… (mer)