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Belonging Street
Poems by Mandy Coe
(Otter-Barry)
Belonging Street
£8.99
In the dark of ‘Leaky Roof, This Place‘ a child and mother invent Belonging Street where they hope to move. It may have a b’lue door ‘as in their old place.
Belonging Street is a poetry collection from Mandy Coe. There are poems of longing, such as the title poem, alongside those of observation as in ‘Helping Hands‘ where we compare Grandad’s hands ‘brown/ And rough with rust and oil‘ alongside ‘My aunt’s hands/ …’pale/ inked with many colours.’
Thereafter, there are lyric poems to our natural world like ‘Carry Our Children Away‘- ‘Trees rustle, eager for their seeds/ To escape their shade…’
What diversity, skill and range within these rich poetry pickings! Furthermore there is a sense of wistful longing,, for example in ‘First Day of Term‘- ‘If his Mum’s car was a rocket/ he would buckle up: three, two, one… lift off!/Gravitational forces pressing him’… I love the poems about the wonder and necessity of nature such as in ‘Find You, Find You‘- ‘Rock pipit, reed bunting, marsh harrier,/ sea eagle, willow warbler, tree sparrow,/ find you, find you, find you.’
Bookwagon is happy to have discovered Belonging Street. Mandy Coe’s poetry speaks to and for everyone of us. There is an accessibility and engagement that is direct, empathetic and encouraging. This confident, capable poet merits a wide readership.
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