Window Spit

by Alan David Pritchard

Best Poetry, Eyelands International Book Awards, Athens, 2019Best Poetry Book, Miracle Makers Intl. Writers’ Festival, Las Vegas, 2021Window Spit is the new poetry collection by writer Alan David Pritchard, whose previous collection, Advancing Backwards, featured poems published in over 32 literary journals, magazines, websites and anthologies worldwide.His new volume explores the poet as observer, who spits at the world through rhyme, making critical – and often very acerbic – comments about society, media, social media, politics, religion and modern affairs.Using poetry to justify withdrawing away from people, he soon discovers no solace in verse, as it becomes increasingly difficult to define his role as a poet, to articulate his purpose in life, and to connect meaningfully with a world that he has spent so much time spitting at.“Window Spit is my sort of poetry; direct, unflinching, in your face,but most of all, honest." - Charles Remington, Readers’ Favorite“This book is striking in its honest observations and in its sophisticated simplicity. This is a book the reader will not forget, as the poetry is truly provocative and captivating!” - Deborah Lloyd, Readers’ Favorite“Window Spit is an invigorating collection covering a wide range of moods and themes that is at once challenging and rewarding.” - Barbara Scott, Self-Publishing Review

Kindle Edition

Published July 27, 2017

Reviews

[Pearl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Window Spit by Alan David Pritchard is a modern set of poetries that easily portray what society is today. One thing I can say about this work is that it is basically straight-forward and no-nonsense. I love how bold the author is in conveying to his readers the message that he want to send through his poetic verses. The poems are fun to read and very relatable. At times I even feel like it has a very personal approach and they are written to send a direct message. I don't remember reading poems as unique as these so kudos to the author for coming up with a literary work that is very adaptive to the modern age we have right now.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collection of poems

A collection of poems, the author attempts to distance himself from society and give a view of it in the form of poetic comments. The problem is that on can lose sight of the deeper currents in a society if you remove yourself from it. The author here runs into this problem and it is interesting how he attempts to solve the problem. While the delivery might be problematic, the poems themselves are still written eloquently and evoke thoughts and feelings of deeper issues. Not truly my cup of tea but it wasn't horrible.