Observational Expressions of Humanity

About the Book

Observational Expressions of Humanity is a wistful, evocative yet uncompromising collection of poems from an exciting new young talent. Liam Whetstone reflects on the human spirit with a quiet intensity. He is clear that there is something seriously amiss in the way humankind responds to the gift of life. The collection is based on the writers, poets, songs and popular culture loved by Liam such as television programmes, movies and albums. His list is wide ranging including Dostoevsky, Primo Levi and Steven Hawking to movies such as The Reader, The Queen and The Italian Job. Faulty Towers and Only Fools and Horses appear in his television list alongside albums by Joy Division and Manic Street Preachers. Offered then is a close up on poems and lyrics by artists such as Nicholas Wire, Ian Curtis and Richard Edwards. To be sure there is a dark spirit threading its way through poems such as Progression and Internal Examination but there is wit and fun too expressed in Spring Cleaning and A remedy for Disappointment. Above all there are wise notes on identity in Boxes and Lists and on serenity and peace in the Poem by that name. A beautiful collection – a poet to look out for. Maggie Roux Lecturer, Leeds Trinity University College

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