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Stuart Buck is an award-winning poet living in North Wales. After spending a decade as a chef, he began writing Haiku and Tanka and after moderate success decided to branch out in to longer-form, freestyle poetry. His first collection, Casually Discussing the Infinite, was described as 'a visceral experience...of poetic sucker-punches' and broke in to the top 100 on Amazon
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Paperback, 29 pages
Published
February 2019
by Selcouth Station Press
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Life is sensual and luminescent in these poems, but the poet is also aware that it cannot last. The boundaries of the known world bend in a fearsome way.
"we sit there in silence untilI do like strange things; however, poems about cannibalism and oral sex toe my weird line, so not all of these were pleasing to me. But look at this amazement:
the sirens begin to buzz like cicadas in the
distance and the blue pulse washes over me
like a knife blade or a terrible dream"
- "trictophilia"
"oh how i would l...more
Brilliant, vivid, honest collection.
Stuart Buck is an anomaly. I've never read anything quite like his poetry. His imagination is a universe, and his perspectives hover somewhere between eccentric, genius, and just plain weird. The melting pot is something quite extraordinary, and it's difficult to find comparisons to enable me to categorise him.
'become something frail' is visionary in many senses. It is also enlightening, visceral, at times even stomach churning. This is a writer unafraid to shock:
"my first real kiss was with a m ...more
'become something frail' is visionary in many senses. It is also enlightening, visceral, at times even stomach churning. This is a writer unafraid to shock:
"my first real kiss was with a m ...more
become something frail is full of wonderful imagery. Sometimes it feels like looking at the sunset from an abandoned building. There is something very beautiful about all of the images the author paints tinged with the knowledge that everything, even the unpleasant things, will end. However, I will say that some of the poems are ones that a reader might have to be in the right mood for (but aren't all poems like that?) It's worth reading, worth thinking about, and in the end it just might change
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This small collection packs a big punch. The end is dark, raw, even uncomfortable at times in the last few poems. However, in the end there seems to be a thin bead of light in the closing stanza which ends with “keep yourself warm”. The lack of punctuation to me means this warmth keeps going, it is something to nurture and cherish despite the terrible things that have happened.
You can read the rest of my review at : superhouse1.blogspot.com
You can read the rest of my review at : superhouse1.blogspot.com
These beautiful, sexy, startling poems will delight, challenge, and finally, move you deeply. Do take advantage of the opportunity to read Stuart's work. His writing is unique, fresh, and the book itself is quite lovely. You won't regret this purchase or this read!
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I don't know much but I know it's good.
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A brilliant poetry collection that engages the reader on themes of desire, lust, and destruction.
What a beauty! Well crafted and moving. I felt the raw emotion and I enjoyed the rich imagery of cooking which ran throughout.
I don't read a lot of poems, but I read these. I don't feel competent to review a book of poetry other than to say "It's good." You should get your hands on a copy if you can because it's cool and good and you'll be glad to have it around.
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*I received a copy of Stuart Bucks’s become something frail for review purposes. As always, this review reflects only my honest thoughts on the book.*
The thing that stands out most in these poems (and through pretty much every bit of Stuart’s work I’ve had the chance to read) is his remarkable use of imagery. In addition to being a poet, Stu is also a brilliant visual artist; this absolutely shines through in his writing. He has an uncanny ability to describe something perfectly, yet do so in a ...more
The thing that stands out most in these poems (and through pretty much every bit of Stuart’s work I’ve had the chance to read) is his remarkable use of imagery. In addition to being a poet, Stu is also a brilliant visual artist; this absolutely shines through in his writing. He has an uncanny ability to describe something perfectly, yet do so in a ...more
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