Product Description

Whilst undergoing test in a clinic for a mysterious and debilitating illness, Felix Dennis felt a sudden compulsion to try his hand at a 'spot of poetry': That was September 13, 1999. I know because I automatically inserted the date at the top, as is my habit, when making notes in the office. I did not write another poem until August 2000, after the first line had paced unbidden within my thoughts for some days, like a dog carrying its lead to an absent minded owner. In early October 2000 I began seriously to get down to it working three to five hours every day writing or revising poetry. It felt like a dam had broken. Seventeen months later, there are 303 poems in my groaning slip file - a file which accompanies me wherever I travel. The 'spot of poetry' has become a fully fledged obsession. It comes every day, relentlessly, in tidal wave after tidal wave. Once i deliberately attempted a week without reading or composing any poetry. I cracked after four days. Marooned in a sea of verse, I do not desire to ever reach land again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71697 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

John Walsh, Independent
‘If Waugh were still alive, he would fall on Dennis’s verse with a glad cry of recognition and approval’

About the Author
According to the Sunday Times, Felix Dennis is the 56th richest man in Britain - but, then, who believes what they read in the newspapers? It is certainly true that he has launched more magazines than is good for him. His current stable of magazine titles includes The Week, Maxim, Auto Express, Computer Shopper, Shape and numerous others, his activities include planting trees, collecting first edition novels, commissioning figurative bronze sculpture, breeding rare pigs, listening to blues and jazz, running the world's finest free hotel, avoiding business meetings, consuming French wine and mocking all forms of political correctness. His personal ambition is the creation of a charitable trust to ensure the planting of the largest deciduous forest in England.

Customer Reviews

The Rebirth of Poetry
This is the way poetry should be. Easy to read and absorb,
with plenty of sharp observation and a wicked sense of humour.
It's great to find a poet who is actually writing to
entertain his readers.

I hope that Mr. Dennis' poetry moves swiftly into school
national curriculums and that future poets will learn
from his style. This is the sort of book that can make
poetry popular again.

A Glass Half Full
Felix Dennis is a genius. This book is brilliant. The poems are both sad, funny and thought provoking. It is a great read and a wonderful present to give to a special friend.