Nothing but words

By Jean Stevens

The poems in Jean Stevens' latest collection revel in words: the joy of them; the work of finding the ones that say exactly what we mean; our use of them to 'manage the nothingness'. The words we choose for nature are 'vital for living at one with the elements'. A relationship can bow under the strain of 'a lifetime's freight of words said and regretted.'

Words spoken and heard implant themselves for ever: 'To hell with men, let's devote our lives to words', is a fragment of a conversation with Sylvia Plath. Meanwhile words spoken years ago resurface: 'that's not for the likes of you'. These poems are about the lifetime endeavour of 'trying to learn the impossible language'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910981117
• ISBN13: 9781910981115
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Naked Eye Publishing
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"