Love Cuts

by john-hegley

Tales of plasters and other aspects of the fabric of life feature in this collection of poetry. There are various episodes of emotional injury and subsequent attempts at wound management, including a lengthy documentation of the escapist quest for the holy spectacles. Alongside this, there are further investigations into the author's relationship with art, his father, football, spuds, railways and sack racing.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published October 6, 1998

Reviews

[soph · Rating 2 out of 5]

i think i wanted to like this much more than i actually enjoyed it, unfortunately. the poems were funny at times and i have no doubt John Hegley is a talented writer and poet, but these just didn't do much for me at all, not my type of thing really.

[Dane Cobain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hegley is one of those poets who people always tell me that I’ll enjoy and who I’ve always found to just be fine. And this is another just fine collection.

I don’t think I’d go out of my way to recommend it to anyone, but if you’re a poetry fan then you’ll probably find something you like. I’m still annoyed that he said “lend” instead of “borrow” when writing about libraries, though.

[Jeremy Clarke · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is beautiful. funny and bitter, honest and open, john hegley is a fine talent. and he wears glasses.