Saturday, August 27, 2022

Chopped Liver: Short-form and Prose Poems by James Roderick Burns

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cyberwit.net (June 10, 2022zzzzz0

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 72 pages

 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 818253965X

 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8182539655

4 Stars

 

Mr. Burns presents us with a book of short and prose poems. The book is divided into three sections, Hot Dog and Bun: A Duet in short poetry, Chopped Liver, prose poems; and A Dog’s Breakfast, Haiku, Tanka, and Sedoka.

 

Mr. Burns hails from Stockton-on-Tees, in the north of England, and brings to this collection his English humor and spelling. This book is his fourth collection of short-form poems.

 

I liked most, if not all, of his pieces, but my most favorite by far was a short prose piece with a three-line title: “A Crack on the Head is What You Get for Not Asking, And A Crack on the Head is What You Get for Asking.” I laughed out loud at “Attenborough Goes East.” I had no trouble seeing both of these stories as they unfolded.

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