Whimsies of a No-Frills Poet
Chris Raven
- I
- was
- once
- described
- as
- a
- 'no
- frills'
- poet,
- a
- title
- I
- embraced
- immediately,
- as
- at
- the
- time
- I
- was
- still
- developing
- a
- style
- and
- struggling
- to
- take
- myself
- seriously.With
- this
- grand
- title
- in
- mind…‘Whimsies
- of
- a
- No-Frills
- Poet’
- offers
- 20
- frank
- or
- funny
- poems
- on
- subjects
- ranging
- from
- love,
- grief,
- nostalgia,
- loneliness,
- absurdity,
- homicidal
- bacon,
- and
- British
- rail cuisine.
