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Lazy Prey
What do you do if it took you 45 years to discover you have a knack for writing poetry? You start typing like crazy. You write down everything that comes to mind. Unfiltered. Funny, touching, vulgar... nothing is off limits. The thoughts flow through you like a raging river, and you type and you type and you type. After about nine months of publishing my poetry on Instagram, I feel the need to explore other ways of shoving my work down people's throat. This is one of them. In Lazy Prey you'll find quite a lot of poems. Short and long, good or bad (I am not a critic, what do I know). Totally incoherent, but... I am sure there's something in here that'll trigger something deep within you.
162 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 21, 2019
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February 25, 2019
Unique and punchy poetry!!
I've been following Den Haan on Instagram for 9 months and have always enjoyed his unique style of writing. I'm so glad this collection has been published but I hope for a paper back version at some point!! Definitely download this ebook, you won't be disappointed. Tessy x
I've been following Den Haan on Instagram for 9 months and have always enjoyed his unique style of writing. I'm so glad this collection has been published but I hope for a paper back version at some point!! Definitely download this ebook, you won't be disappointed. Tessy x
April 5, 2019
I can see how this book of poetry might appeal to a certain group of men but it doesn't do anything for me. Nothing in 'Lazy Prey' inspired or touched me. The only poem that even stood out was "A Grateful Goodbye", which was so shocking it earned a knee-jerk laugh.
There's no organization to the poems in this book. Nothing links one to another. It would have been a better experience for readers if they had been broken down into categories rather than have to bounce around from poems about the office, to broken hearts, to nature, to sex. As it is, 'Lazy Prey' has no flow.
Speaking of the sex... 'Lazy Prey' reads like it was written while the poet angrily beat off to punishment videos on Pornhub. There's only such much poetry about fingering people and ejaculation I can take and this went way over that line.
A lot could be forgiven if the poetry itself exhibited any attempt at being universal, at capturing the human experience. If the poet had a better grasp of figurative language. If there was substance. If it didn't seem as though each (often extremely short) poem was just a randomly scribbled angsty thought. I don't know what the title, 'Lazy Prey', is supposed to mean, but the poetry itself is lazy.
There's no organization to the poems in this book. Nothing links one to another. It would have been a better experience for readers if they had been broken down into categories rather than have to bounce around from poems about the office, to broken hearts, to nature, to sex. As it is, 'Lazy Prey' has no flow.
Speaking of the sex... 'Lazy Prey' reads like it was written while the poet angrily beat off to punishment videos on Pornhub. There's only such much poetry about fingering people and ejaculation I can take and this went way over that line.
A lot could be forgiven if the poetry itself exhibited any attempt at being universal, at capturing the human experience. If the poet had a better grasp of figurative language. If there was substance. If it didn't seem as though each (often extremely short) poem was just a randomly scribbled angsty thought. I don't know what the title, 'Lazy Prey', is supposed to mean, but the poetry itself is lazy.
June 7, 2019
Book is exactly as described!
Loved the humor, the random thoughts of a middle aged male, raw uncensored. Vulgar or simply honest? More humorous with the sensuality than Bukowski in my opinion!
Loved the humor, the random thoughts of a middle aged male, raw uncensored. Vulgar or simply honest? More humorous with the sensuality than Bukowski in my opinion!
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