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'This book of poems is for all of us who go through illness, deal
with doctors, hospitals, and experiences such as bereavement and
ageing, and who struggle to find language to describe the suffering
we have to go through. Medical language baffles and alienates us.
It's a harsh, unforgiving vocabulary that often seems to bear no
relationship to our own emotional predicament. In this uplifting
anthology we see how poetry can give us metaphors and images to
help us understand our feelings and communicate them to people
around us. This is a book that should be in every waiting-room, and
should be by the bed of every GP and consultant. It may inspire you
to write poetry, and also help you to find order in the chaos of
ill health. By giving us words, poetry can help cure us.' - Julia
Darling & Cynthia Fuller
Tells the story of Cynthia Fuller's uncle, Jack, who was killed
aged 19 on the Western Front during the First World War. These
poems are based on real letters written by Jack to his family
between February 1917 and April 1918, but not discovered by the
poet until 2000.
From Caedmon to Basil Bunting, dialect poets to coalfield poets,
the North East of England has a long and distinguished poetic
tradition. Today there are probably more published poets living and
working in the North East than anywhere else in the UK. The region
is home to a number of poets of international reputation, including
Tony Harrison, Anne Stevenson, Sean O'Brien, WN Hebert and Gillian
Allnutt.
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