A Glass Half Full

by Felix Dennis

Felix Dennis, better known as the enfant terrible of magazine publishing and one of Britain's richest men, hasastonishinglybecome Britain's best-selling poet with A Glass Half Full. American novelist and critic, Tom Wolfe, calls Dennis "a twenty-first century Kipling" and says that his poetry 'rollicks and rolls with rhyme, meter, and melody.' Now, gathered together with an American audience in mind, together with a spoken-word CD, comes a selection of Dennis's poems. Whether reflecting ruefully on getting older, celebrating Bob Dylan, serenading the United States or sending up the cliches and stereotypes of our times, Felix Dennis reveals himself as a poet with an eye for the tender telling detail, and a powerful gift for communication. Funny, touching, frank, and uncompromising, A Glass Half Full is a woonderful and inspiring collection.

Genres: Poetry

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Felix Dennis (born 1947 in Kingston-upon-Thames, United Kingdom) was a British magazine publisher and philanthropist. His privately owned company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. In more recent times the company has added lifestyle titles such as its flagship brand The Week, which is published in Britain, the United States and Australia.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of poems; very moden way of thinking. Not sweet love poems for sure. Life lessons and hardhsips are really the bases of alot of them. Some fowl words here and there but otherwise a great book.

[Peter Wyllie · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting man who lived his life over the edge!

[Bill Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Glass Half Full is a collection of poems by publisher and philanthropist Felix Dennis. The poems a quick, clever and even more astonishing, they rhyme. This slim volume comes with a CD so that you can hear the melody of the poetry in the voice of the writer. He has a writer's eye for detail and a poet's ear for language. Brilliant stuff.

[Kamal · Rating 4 out of 5]

... awesome!