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“The poems in
‘The Pig’ represent a sort of
Peter
Lewin Top Fifty, many years in the making and a pleasure to read.
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Lewin uses words sparingly but to great effect. He can convey a whole
set of beliefs in one or two lines of dialogue.
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Poems such as
'Knightwood’
and ‘Dis Morning Dis Voice Sez’
sound
like the rare kind, those that were crying out for
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the right person to come along and write them. Lewin can also be very
funny when he chooses, using great comic timing
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a perfect deadpan delivery in pieces such as
‘Spud Taylor’ and ‘The Toilet Seat.’
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When I read the last poem in this book I wished there were more and I
had to re-read them all instead.
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Here’s one book of poems that won’t make you feel like smacking the
poet.”
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- Geoff Hattersley
Poems from 'The Pig' by Peter Lewin
- Before The Yo-Yo
- 1950 something, and all the kids
were floating spoons
on the tops of their cups of tea
- watching it fill and swirl.
then plunge fast to the bottom
like the ship on the Pathé News.
- You'll find that front page
lining old chests or old cupboards:
The Captain with death in his eyes
- going down, not knowing he was
starting a schoolboy craze.
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The Pig
- Uncles and Aunts in the front room,
a 1950's Christmas time,
lots of balloon-backed chairs
with gothic carved demon faces,
lots of seats, lots of family.
- My out-of-sight father
cutting up the huge white stone
of pig: its eyes closed down.
I casually wander in
attracted to this magnet man,
- his deftness with the bone-
handled
kitchen knife...
See him gouge out the pig's
eye like a miniature jellyfish.
He plops it neatly in my palm.
'The Pig'
is an A5 (148 mm x 210 mm) publication.
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76 pages
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Perfect bound paperback with
laminated cover.