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Your Scratch Entourage

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Your Scratch Entourage by Kris Hemensley offers a poetic journey through memory and language. Hemensley uses a distinctive accent blending old Hampshire, Dorset, and Melbourne, creating a rich linguistic tapestry. Rather than a mere collection of poems, the book maps fields and paths shaped by impressions and lexical imagery, engaging in a unique dialogue with language that explores the human condition.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers interested in poetry that explores language, memory, and identity through a deeply personal and regional lens.

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Your Scratch Entourage by Kris Hemensley is a poetic journey that transcends geographical boundaries. Hemensley reads his poetry in a warm accent of old Hampshire and more recent Dorset overlaid with Melbourne, unconsciously abstracting his past. This book is not merely a harvest of words but a mapping of fields and paths, distilled from impressions through memory and reference to lexical imagery.

Hemensley dares to have a conversation with language, and through this dialogue, language reveals the nature of what it is to be human. As Lucas Weschke aptly describes, 'This unique approach to poetry offers readers a deeply enriching experience.'

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780975249253

Publisher: Cordite Publishing Inc.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 December 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Cordite Publishing Inc.

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Lucas Weschke

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 221.0mm

Weight: 181g

Pages: 98

About the Author

Kris Hemensley first came to Melbourne in 1965 as a sailor. He has commuted between Melbourne and England ever since. He coordinates the activities of Collected Works Bookshop and publishes the blog Poetry & Ideas.

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