Heat Wave is a form of poetic cabaret,'What good is sitting, alone in your room?/ come hear the music play!' If a cabaret is full of high jinks it can also land punches - truth can be masked by the burlesque and the grotesque: 'Tell all the truth but tell it slant'.
Luke Kennard has said of Stannard's writing, 'I know of few other poets who can write of cruelty, hysteria and disappointment with such levity and grace.' Will Eaves speaks of a 'comic vitality'. Heat Wave seeks to unsettle and wrong-foot; it refuses to adopt a sententious or holier than thou attitudes regarding the many crises which confront us. The poems subvert as well as entertain.
Critics have noted 'a tonal control and simultaneous considerations of matters mordant and gleeful.' The reader might weep and laugh on the same page. The lyrical and the demotic might walk hand in hand.
| ISBN: | 9781784632182 |
| Publication date: | 15th April 2020 |
| Author: | Julian Stannard |
| Publisher: | Salt an imprint of Salt Publishing Limited |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | Salt Modern Poets |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |
Heat Wave is a form of poetic cabaret,'What good is sitting, alone in your room?/ come hear the music play!' If a cabaret is full of high jinks it can also land punches - truth can be masked by the burlesque and the grotesque: 'Tell all the truth but tell it slant'.Luke Kennard has said of Stannard's writing, 'I know of few other poets who can write of cruelty, hysteria and disappointment with such levity and grace.' Will Eaves speaks of a 'comic vitality'. Heat Wave seeks to unsettle and wrong-foot; it refuses to adopt a sententious or holier than thou attitudes regarding the many crises which confront us.
Heat Wave features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets
Paperback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
Heat Wave was written by Julian Stannard and published by Salt an imprint of Salt Publishing Limited
Heat Wave has 96 pages
Yes it is part of Salt Modern Poets series
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.