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Penguin Books (1969), mmpb, 175 pages
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41/2021. This is a 1969 collection of work by Alan Bold, Edward (Kamau) Brathwaite, and Edwin Morgan. This is at least a partial re-read for me. Alan Bold's work is justly neglected now, while Brathwaite has achieved classic status as a Caribbean poet, and Edwin Morgan is a national treasure in
Firstly, my review of the 60 page selection of Alan Bold's poems: no. 1*
Next, the 50 page selection of Edward (Kamau) Brathwaite's poems from his first three books Rights of Passage, Masks, and Islands, had a few good lines but on the whole they didn't make me want to re-read any further into his works. 3*
From The Emigrants: "In London, Undergrounds are cold.
The train rolls in from darkness
with our fears."
From South: "And gulls, their white sails slanted seaward,
fly into the limitless morning before us."
Lastly, the 50 page selection of Edwin Morgan's poems: YES. 5*
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both Scotland and the rest of Britain.Firstly, my review of the 60 page selection of Alan Bold's poems: no. 1*
Next, the 50 page selection of Edward (Kamau) Brathwaite's poems from his first three books Rights of Passage, Masks, and Islands, had a few good lines but on the whole they didn't make me want to re-read any further into his works. 3*
From The Emigrants: "In London, Undergrounds are cold.
The train rolls in from darkness
with our fears."
From South: "And gulls, their white sails slanted seaward,
fly into the limitless morning before us."
Lastly, the 50 page selection of Edwin Morgan's poems: YES. 5*
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1969
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0140421181 / 9780140421187
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indexed 3215/45
series: #15 penguin poets
series: #15 penguin poets
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