Some Bright Elegance
$17.72
- Paperback
36 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2012
Summary
Some Bright Elegance is about the changes that are a part of life in the 21st Century. In the book this is explored in relation to the search for meaning and consolation in the wake of bereavement, the memorial role of music, and the effects of social change on local communities. The book is also threaded with imagined scenes centred on those defining moments when people, places or objects take on new significances.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844718726 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844718727 |
| Series: | Salt Modern Poets |
| Author: | Kayo Chingonyi |
| Publisher: | Salt Publishing |
| Imprint: | Salt Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 36 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 45g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 3mm |
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Critics Review
When Chingonyi speaks his poems; he has them all by heart, a relatively rare skill which allows the poet to connect more completely with his audience. The same vibrant personality comes through on the page with language full of internal rhyme and complex rhythms. But it is the subject matter that most enthrals; I’ve heard several poetry grandees bewail the reluctance of British poets to tackle the `big issues’, but these poems do exactly that; issues of life, death, race, faith, family and authenticity are raised and meditated on here, in a thoughtful collection.
– Judi Sutherland * There Must Be More to Life Than Having It All *About The Author
Kayo Chingonyi
Kayo Chingonyi was born in Zambia in 1987 and came to the UK in 1993. His poems have been published in a range of magazines and anthologies including The Best British Poetry 2011 and The Salt Book Of Younger Poets. He also travels regularly across the UK, and internationally, to give readings. His work has been described as `full of contrast, deftly managed with a buoyant and musical hand’ (Poetry International Web)
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