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Parking Lot Poems
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781958182581
Publisher: Kung Fu Treachery Press
Published: Mar 8 2024
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
-Julie Miller, MLS
Of course it's a cliche to say never judge a book by its cover. Less of a cliche is to judge a poetry book by its titles - in C. Leigh Srygley's case, brittle letters come together to fuse as reified statements of intent, reflecting someone who understands that life is more than just for living. Delving into her work, we see exactly what makes her such a powerful and fascinating writer; statements like simple smoke signals/erupt from sidewalks bring Frank O'Hara and early 60s hard-bop jazz to mind, while Srygley's musing on that skinny kid from Minnesota - Dylan's Harmonica, (which happens to be my favourite piece on this collection) captures the early dustbowl hunger of Zimmy, but equally and perhaps subconsciously, aligning with his mysterious dusk-walking 1997 persona. When Ms. Srygley tells us on Whispers in the Whiskey that I'm only the fragile edge/of what a being is/watching snowflakes thud, we come to realise that the thin line between desire and experience is something a good poet should always stretch to snapping point; C. Leigh Srygley is capable of doing this with her eyes closed and her soul wide open - or, in short, she's a magnificent poet. Read Parking Lot Poems and see the invisible alphabets of the world come alive.
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