Phillips, Rowan Ricardo
Living Weapon
- ISBN 13:
- 9780571366279
- author:
- Phillips, Rowan Ricardo
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 80
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 13 x 0.7 centimeters (0.1
- Genre:
- Poetry, General, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Living Weapon is a powerful collection of poetry that explores the complexities of our world. Rowan Ricardo Phillips' work delves into themes of violence, pleasure, and survival, using allegory and symbol to convey a sense of urgency.
The poems in this book reveal the limitations of language, showing how our words often fall short of capturing the brutality of reality. Yet, through Phillips' masterful use of imagery and musicality, a language of grace and urgency is found.