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Poems from the Madhouse
Sandy Jeffs
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Description for Poems from the Madhouse
Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 96.
Poems from the Madhouse invites readers into the paradoxical world of insanity: the confusion and clarity, the courage and fear, the bleak despair and the black comedy. Only a poet could make us hear the thundering whisper of insanity, the endless circling of the revolving door, the sheer practicality of whatever gets you through the night. Here are portraits of other people in wards filled with restless wanderers. In the end, it is humour, a thesaurus of monickers that enable the reader to emerge sadder, wiser, but not hopeless.
Poems from the Madhouse invites readers into the paradoxical world of insanity: the confusion and clarity, the courage and fear, the bleak despair and the black comedy. Only a poet could make us hear the thundering whisper of insanity, the endless circling of the revolving door, the sheer practicality of whatever gets you through the night. Here are portraits of other people in wards filled with restless wanderers. In the end, it is humour, a thesaurus of monickers that enable the reader to emerge sadder, wiser, but not hopeless.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781876756345
SKU
V9781876756345
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99-2
About Sandy Jeffs
Sandy Jeffs is a Melbourne poet who has published five volumes of poetry and a memoir. Her first book Poems from the Madhouse was awarded second place in the FAW Anne Elder poetry prize 1994. Her memoir Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness was shortlisted for the 2010 Age Book of the Year, named SANE Book of ... Read more
Reviews for Poems from the Madhouse
This is disturbing but quite wonderful poetry, because of its clarity, its humour, its imagery, and the insights it gives us into being human, being mad, being sane. I read and read and was profoundly moved." Anne Deveson"