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Absolutely Revolting
Poetry

Whirling by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

by Anthony Lawrence •
October 1998, no. 205

Whirling by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

OUP, $19.95 pb, 52 pp

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Chris Wallace-Crabbe’s ability to reveal the marvellous in the seemingly mundane layers of the quotidian is a striking aspect of this new book. There are compassionate, fluid meditations on many aspects of urban life, ageing, and a quirky cast of characters from the poet’s life and wide reading.

 


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Whirling by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

OUP, $19.95 pb, 52 pp

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