Couples by Michael Stewart
.but something has kept them together: love, company, custom. The weather.
Couples is a blackly comic sequence of poems that explore the nature of co-dependency - of two people who want to be together, but at the same time cannot help but push each other away.
The layout of the book is itself a commentary on the phenomenon - the poems are placed in their own 'couples', twelve pairs that face each other across the page. Sometimes they exchange a glance, sometimes they stand side-by-side, staring out into the abyss; only when the book is closed, and they are in darkness, do they truly come together.
Originally published on Valentine's Day 2013, the seven-year itch has brought Michael Stewart back to his old flame for a new edition in 2020; reworking the original poems, and adding a dozen more. The result is an unnervingly perceptive volume, to be shared with your 'other half' at your own risk - you may never look at a couple, or each other, the same way again.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781912436408 |
| ISBN 10 | 191243640X |
| Title | Couples |
| Author | Michael Stewart |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Valley Press |
| Year published | 2020-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 48 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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