This abridged edition, with illustrations, will appeal particularly to YA readers and is suitable for younger readers aged 8+. Life is serious, but not to be lived too seriously. In this collection the familiar is shown in unfamiliar ways. Our vanity and our fragility are exposed with gentle irony, and generosity of spirit. This is a collection of poems with something for everyone. Much in the collection is light-hearted and playful, although often with a more serious intent. The word play is wittier than Stand Up, and more laugh-out-loud than past wits such as Wilde and Parker. There is little introspection - the reader effortlessly becomes both the I and the eye .This book is the authentic voice of an individual poet. Feel the power of nature in The Shipwreck: 'Wounded wave, writhe wide / Back-curled crest / Furled then swirled' ... and enjoy the wit as in Exotic Travel: 'Travel broadens / The bowel' or in Trojan Horse: 'Beware Geeks / Bearing gifs'.
