Last Kind Words By Peter Riley 9781848617285 (Paperback)

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Poetry anthologies (various po

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Wordery

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Shearsman books

Last Kind Words : Shearsman Books : 9781848617285 : 26 Feb 2021 : "The song, 'Last Kind Words Blues', was recorded in 1930 in a makeshift studio in Grafton, Wisconsin, and issued by Paramount Records as one side of a 78 rpm shellac disc with the musician's name given as "Geeshie Wiley". It's not a straightforward lyric. It's not about slavery, but slavery is there in it. It's about the victims of war, but forgets that it is." - Peter Riley Peter Riley then invited responses from other poets and the results are here, with contributions from Tony Baker, Kelvin Corcoran, Ian Duhig , Khaled Hakim, Michael Haslam, Peter Hughes, Tom Lowenstein, Laura Potts, John Seed, Zoe Skoulding, Jon Thompson and Judith Willson.

10.95 GBP