TWO BOOKS FROM TOM KELLY: REVIEW
Review:Kevin Bamford, Editor Borderlines
In Anglo-Welsh Poetry Society Newsletter
MARCH/APRIL 2008
TWO BOOKS FROM TOM KELLY
Those of you, who have been reading BORDERLINES for some time, will probably remember the poems of Tom Kelly that we published some years ago. Well we have received a copy of his collection THE WRONG JARROW. It lives up to our feelings about his poetry. From the title you might expect some semi-political trite stuff about the problems of the north east. But no! These are Tom’s personal response to the things he sees and experiences living in the area. They can be poignant, touching, bleak, touched with humour, but always have an impact which comes from the persuasion that Tom feels deeply about the things he ‘s writing about. It’s a collection that deserves to be widely read.
The same can be said of his next collection, ‘Dreamers In A Cold Climate’ which “looks at the poets past and present life coupled with the redemptive power of filial love. In the final section we meet Geordie Everyman, trying to make sense of his life and times. These elements blend successfully in this moving and honest collection.”
The Wrong Jarrow
Is published by Smokestack Books
http://www.smokestack-books.co.uk/books/kelly.html
And
Dreamers in a Cold Climate
By Red Squirrel Press
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