This is Not A Rescue by Emily Blewitt Becci Louise generational and class identities

generational and class identities

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The poet’s failure to write “a real love poem” and a childhood memory of near-accidental loss of eyesight are both

a ‘tonnet’ – hybrid of sonnet and tanka – and

Poets and artists continue to be drawn to these hollow-boned sons and daughters of dinosaurs

This is Not A Rescue by Emily Blewitt Becci Louise generational and class identitiesThis Is Not a Rescue is the eagerly awaited debut collection from Emily Blewitt. These poems move in various registers, keyed to their subject matter. A sequence focuses on a favourite cat. There are pieces that take a playful approach to the authors native Wales (How to Explain Hiraeth to an Englishman, How to Marry a Welsh Girl) which resist clich by subverting our expectations. Similarly, there are several sharp, satirical poems about modern office