I Speak Home

by Keith Jarrett

An exciting debut from a highly accomplished poet, both in performance and on the page. Jarrett's work navigates the tensions between home and belonging, between relationships and personal identities. Line by line the collection is lyrically rich, charged with emotion and passion yet tinged with a wonderful twist of humour.

40 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Leilanie Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Glad I got round to reading this pamphlet, the poet's debut. It was an even collection, though I enjoyed some more than others. As the poems were set in London, this brought back memories of when I was living there. Among my favourites were 'What it's like to speak Dominican Spanish', as the use of alliteration and sibilance gave it a nice rhythm, and 'Beware of the', telling the tale of a dangerous everyman.