The Poetry of the Slug - Softcover

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"In Poetry of the Slug Aaron Wright displays an admirable and unusual dexterity of rhyme, rhythm, form and style. It also is characterised by a strong range of emotional content which only enforces the book's overall unity. It is very bracing for readers to move from the quirky existential idiosyncrasies of 'The Pasty Trilogy' to the moving tribute to a loved one lost in death ('A Drive in the Country (For Jock)') or to the sense of ecological mystery present in 'The Distance'. They realise that they have been in the company of a mind which, refreshingly, believes in Poetry as Exploration requiring practised skills."
- Paul Binding (literary critic)

"The poems are, first and foremost, great fun, serving their stated purpose to ‘entertain … and distract … from the everyday pointless(ness) of existence’. But that is only part of their story. Philosophy, psychology, science, social commentary, reminiscence, tribute, and love all feature generously within these pages...."

"With such wide life experiences, spanning London to Shropshire, to the Northeast, and embracing arts and sciences, ‘Poetry of the Slug’ suggests that Aaron Wright’s (and Erasmus Croc’s) imagination and humanity are as big as the universe the poems embrace."
- Sharon Larkin (Poet)

Comfortably tucked inside this book are poems of the random. They cover the whole breadth and depth of this thing we call life.

You will meet a motley collection of folks in here from a possessed dryer in The Anticrease Button to a blinged up slug in Slug. The creatures inside range from the tiny to the tremendous, from the satirical to the maniacal.

Behold tales of evolution and noise pollution.
Listen to the Story of The Road Not Taken narrated by a despairing chunk of tarmac.
Hear a tale of woe from The Existential Pasty.
Savour the flavour of the magnificent Cheese Toastie.

All life is here, it does what it says on the tin.
This is the poetry of the slug, so let us begin...

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