Listener
- 4 Jun 2009
- 9781841958958
- £9.99
- 128 pp
- 129×198mm
- 18 Aug 2016
- 9781847676313
- £7.99
- 128 pp
In a few words
A searingly honest and striking collection from the poet, talking head and star of Grumpy Old Men
In a few words
A searingly honest and striking collection from the poet, talking head and star of Grumpy Old Men
His name is magic, his poems are songs on the street.
Hugely enjoyable, inventive, funny and touching.
His name is magic, his poems are songs on the street.
Hugely enjoyable, inventive, funny and touching.
More about
the book
Listener overflows with love poems, inner-city soap operas, reflections on history, mystery and felicity and much more. Every page sings with Sissay’s unique voice – visionary, good-humoured and bursting with life.
More about
the book
Listener overflows with love poems, inner-city soap operas, reflections on history, mystery and felicity and much more. Every page sings with Sissay’s unique voice – visionary, good-humoured and bursting with life.
The product of an imagination that is rare, passionate, committed, occasionally distraught and tender.
Sissay writes of love, hate, politics and everyday trivia with an accessible, compelling and unusual honesty.
[Listener] presents on page its very own visual and musical sparkle...
Mary Mazzilli
Incorporating WritingA work of vision and playfulness whose poems address everything from war and colonialism to love e-mails . . . Piercingly beautiful.
The product of an imagination that is rare, passionate, committed, occasionally distraught and tender.
Sissay writes of love, hate, politics and everyday trivia with an accessible, compelling and unusual honesty.
[Listener] presents on page its very own visual and musical sparkle...
Mary Mazzilli
Incorporating WritingA work of vision and playfulness whose poems address everything from war and colonialism to love e-mails . . . Piercingly beautiful.
Lemn Sissay
View profileLemn Sissay (born 1967) is a British poet. He is known for performances of his poetry, solo and also with jazz fusion groups. He is also a journalist, playwright, and presenter, working extensively on radio and television. He appears on the Leftfield album Leftism. He was born in Lancashire, of Ethiopian parents.
Lemn Sissay
View profileLemn Sissay (born 1967) is a British poet. He is known for performances of his poetry, solo and also with jazz fusion groups. He is also a journalist, playwright, and presenter, working extensively on radio and television. He appears on the Leftfield album Leftism. He was born in Lancashire, of Ethiopian parents.
