Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Author 1 book 18 followers. Notify me of new posts by email. Wow wow wow. Part of that infectiousness comes from their strikingly idiomatic style, characterised by several traits: an informality informal to the point of ritual; short to mid-length declarative sentences, stripped of any formal expression of the strong feelings they describe; a conspicuous lack of lyricism; the deadpanning of great misery and joy. Author 13 books 32 followers. This sets the scene for a collection which is both humorous and disconcerting, light-hearted and satirical. There are some more straightforward love poems too. Hera Lindsay Bird. I like this picture because it reminds me of loneliness And the great, unspecific boredom of life. Perhaps it is the interminable onslaught of surprising almost ridiculous imagery, or the self-deprecating humour that runs throughout. Look at how ludicrous it is to be serious about any of this , the poem thinks. Bird has this wonderful way of being absolutely hilarious then punching you in the gut with emotion and melancholy. Search review text. P amper Me to Hell and Back is full of confessional, provocative and occasionally explicit poems, written in a conversational style with a bleak outlook on life.
The impression is that Bird is pushing further along her challenge to the rules and regulations of lyric poetry, preferring the prose convention of lineation rather than the poetic standard Emily Berry uses the same trick in her recent Stranger, Baby , just as her rhythms are those of Whatsapp rather than the lyric cadance we associate with canonical poetry. HLB says "i don't know how to write a love poem" in her poem "i am so in love with you i want to lie down in the middle of a major public intersection and cry" but then absolutely decks me with lines about love, such as: when i am with you an enormous silence descends upon me and i feel like i am sinking into the deepest part of my life we walk down the street, with the grass blowing back and forth i have never been so happy "jealousy" also punched me in the face and then immediately made out with me. Totally worth it. Often in these poems humour acts as a cover for heartbreak; silliness becomes moving. This poetry neither needs nor wants to venerate the manufacture of apt metaphysical equivalences.
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About the author. Well, where historically poets have refined their language towards poetic diction and metre — and risked being programmatic and melodically repetitive as a result — Bird refines her language towards an imitation of vernacular usage. I have been trying to understand why I love this collection so much and the closest thing I can put my finger on is that Hera Lindsay Bird sees love and absurdity as a continuum. Rather, it wants to make a kind of metaphorical soup — with a bunch of tenors and a bunch of vehicles swilling around, bumping into each other with little clangs of humour or insight — by force of density more than precision. You must be logged in to post a comment. I feel like I have found my poet soulmate. Do read. P amper Me to Hell and Back is full of confessional, provocative and occasionally explicit poems, written in a conversational style with a bleak outlook on life. Gorgeous, funny, true. Luísa tolkientoyou. Lots of contemporary lit plays with the relationship between the earnest and satirical but I've never experienced such intense confusion about whether I am on the verge of laughter or tears as I do when I read HLB. The impression is that Bird is pushing further along her challenge to the rules and regulations of lyric poetry, preferring the prose convention of lineation rather than the poetic standard Emily Berry uses the same trick in her recent Stranger, Baby , just as her rhythms are those of Whatsapp rather than the lyric cadance we associate with canonical poetry. Rate this book.
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Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Buy on Amazon. Rate this book. Hera Lindsay Bird. Love, death, Bruce Willis, public urination, being a woman, love, The Nanny, love. This pamphlet of poetry by Hera Lindsay Bird is a startling departure from her bestselling debut Hera Lindsay Bird by defying convention and remaining exactly the same, only worse. Loading interface About the author. Hera Lindsay Bird 4 books followers. Born in Thames. Write a Review. Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! Community Reviews. Search review text. Displaying 1 - 30 of 69 reviews. If I priced per page, this very slim volume is the most expensive book I have ever bought!
Pieluchy trio large seni of that infectiousness comes from their strikingly idiomatic style, pamper me to hell and back, characterised by several traits: an informality informal to the point of ritual; short to mid-length declarative sentences, stripped of any pamper me to hell and back expression of the strong feelings they describe; a conspicuous lack of lyricism; the deadpanning of great misery and joy. Fame, the moon, meaninglessness. Well, where historically poets have refined their language towards poetic diction and metre — and risked being programmatic and melodically repetitive as a result — Bird refines her language towards an imitation of vernacular usage. But Bird is never those things, in the same way Tennyson is never drily metrical. The other striking formal features are the barrage of similes and the frequent ellipses — both taken straight out of the poems of Chelsey Minnis. The sheer reach and imaginative variety is striking, but… is that variety part of any form?
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P amper Me to Hell and Back is full of confessional, provocative and occasionally explicit poems, written in a conversational style with a bleak outlook on life. Many of the poems are surreal, whilst some feel more like Facebook posts, and others seem designed to be performed as spoken word. This sets the scene for a collection which is both humorous and disconcerting, light-hearted and satirical. It also reveals the underlying themes of mortality, love and the pamper me to hell and back monotony of life. This is not the kind of poetry that I normally read, and I must admit to being put-off initially by the more explicit and provocative lines. Perhaps it is the interminable onslaught of surprising almost ridiculous imagery, or the self-deprecating humour that runs throughout. Whatever it is, there is something unique and a little bit addictive in these poems. Other poems seem to be anti-love poems. There are some more straightforward love poems too. I want to get really good at woodwork and go into the forest and cut up some logs and make you a beautiful house to live in. I enjoyed reading the last three poems, which have a more serious undertone, whilst still being light-hearted and full of humour, pamper me to hell and back.
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Fame, the moon, meaninglessness. There are a lot of punishments in this world And some of these punishments look a lot like day to day life Some things cannot be transformed, only endured The moon shining over all of us, with its clean white handrail.
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