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Title: 100 Poets Against the War by Todd Swift ISBN: 1-876857-98-6 Publisher: Salt Publishing Pub. Date: February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Too Thin
Comment: The collection has too much spread across too much making it very thin in poetry content. I won't name individual poems as it's all in such good spirit but lines like 'The general his voice calm, his poise almost jovial answers questions shuffling papers he rarely glances at' sum up this collection. There are too many people jumping ahead of themselves trying to find something war-like to talk write about but then forgetting that this is a poetry collection. But maybe it's not. Maybe it's just '100 Poets Against War'
Rating: 1
Summary: Quite Tacky Actually
Comment: The premise is great but this is rushed and it feels it. The good points: titles like un- UN Inspected (Tony Hillier) are cute but the poem following is just tunnelled rambling. 'The Field' by George Murray is actually well written and touching. Maureen Gallagher's 'Off The Record' is cheesy. 'Designer despair' is evident throughout this collection and that's unfortunate.
One wonders was any time taken by most of the poets to creatively think. Most of the material is so basic that you'd basically find it in editorials in most run of the mill newspapers. That's the quality of the writing except in journalism, they're framed properly.
Most of the poems here patter away without any impact. Some poems just don't even try. Look at 'Dubya Anabasis'- just ramblings ('What we know now post Word War III is that he was installed into power after a disputed election in which he lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote') that you'd overhear anywhere anytime. Nothing remotely special or thought provoking here.
Some poems try to be delicate but just strip themselves of words to as to try to personify a light waif picking across twig covered ground. Look at 'A Verse To War' ('I am afraid of what will happen of the rhetoric of the silence of not knowing. I am afraid I don't know what to contribute').
Too much drivel, I'm afraid. Good sentiments but non-delivery of poetry.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of 100 or so
Comment: Dear Folks,
I am one of the poets in the book. I was one of the original 100 for the online version. I have been there from the beginning with Todd. I have toured with Todd as part of the Short Fuse tour in UK. Todd is relentless and spirited. He makes no bones about his life, poetry and politics. He chose poets that are "proLIFE" that is desire peace over the bounty of war but will stand up to protect what is right. This is different than simply being against war. It is about being for PEACE and creating that where one goes with words, gestures and one's own example. It is an important differentiation... witness Natalie Handal's poem EVEN one of the best poems I have ever read. Let us move to Even. .. this is a book that can change the world for the better. If a review can influence you to make a purchase than get this book!
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Title: Peace Is the Way: Writings on Nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation by Walter Wink, Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.), Richard Deats ISBN: 1570753156 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Poets Against the War by Sam Hamill, Sally Anderson, Virginia Hamilton Adair, Kim Addonizio ISBN: 1560255390 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press / Nation Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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