Title: Alcedo
Author: Jeffrey Donoghue
Type: Poetry
Page Count/Review Word Count: 60
Rating: 7/10
Jeffrey Donoghue – Alcedo
Disclaimer: While I aim to be unbiased, I received a copy of this for free to review.
While this isn’t necessarily my preferred type of poetry, it was pretty good for what it was – just a refreshing mixture of rhyming and non-rhyming poetry.
Jeffrey Donoghue
John Betjeman – Summoned By Bells | Review
Title: Summoned By Bells
Author: John Betjeman
Type: Poetry
Page Count/Review Word Count: 113
Rating: 3*/5
John Betjeman – Summoned By Bells
This book is interesting because it’s a sort of weird mix between poetry and non-fiction. In Summoned By Bells, Betjeman effectively tells the story of his life in a sort of weird mixture of rhyming and non-rhyming verse, with plenty of insightful commentary on the events that shaped his career.
I don’t know much about him, but I grabbed this book from the charity shop bins outside where I work and then discovered that it’s a first edition. It’s a beautiful book and I’m proud to own it; not for everyone, though.
John Betjeman
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