In The Key Of Blue

Richard Lawson Is ARetired Gp ,Green Thinker And Activist Who Lives In The Mendips. in The Key Of Blue Covers An Unusually Wide Range Of Subjects And Of FormsInfluences Range From The Metaphysicals, Especially Donne, Vaughan And Herbert, To Browning Via Eliot And Pound To Contemporary Poets At Open Mic Sessions In The West Country.  Philosphical And Meditative Pieces Rub Shoulders With Performance Poems, Humour And SatireTime Is AFrequent Theme, Sometimes Presenting In Ways That Cheat Its Usual Constraints, And Consciousness Of Uncheatable Death Is Never Far From The SurfaceThe Author Was AGeneral Practitioner And Psychiatrist In ASomerset Village, So Occasional Doctorly Observations Pop UpALifetime Of Political And Environmental Activism Is Expressed In Deeply Felt Responses To News And Images Of War And Oppression. this Collection Will Reward Those Who Like Their Poetry Chewy And Thoughtprovoking.
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