Clive Blake's Blog: MOSAIC DIGEST ONLINE INTERVIEW OF CORNISH POET CLIVE BLAKE - Posts Tagged "witty"

Before even reaching the main content of this book I had smiled to myself twice, a very encouraging beginning. Clive Blake, poet, and Chris Robbins, photographer, grew up on Cornish farms and share a love of Cornwall and its natural environment. Instead of individually producing a poetry book or a book of photography, the pair worked together on this 'phoetry', a fusion of the two, to create something that is unique and offers more dimensions to their views. Rather than simply running alongside each other, the two creative energies truly enhance each other: a poem on the subject of an aged soldier is made considerably more poignant by the photograph that accompanies it. Blake and Robbins are not afraid to tackle subjects that are uncomfortable or upsetting, though to balance this, at times the book is also incredibly witty and funny. In all, it made me think deeply, laugh loudly and spend time among its pages. Two first- rate artists have produced a book that is consequently absolutely first-rate.