Product Description

Praise for Felix Dennis's first volume of poetry, A Glass Half Full: 'The unpredictable Felix Dennis bursts forth as a 21st-century Kipling' Tom Wolfe, 'If Waugh were still alive, he would fall on Dennis's verse with a glad cry of recognition and approval' John Walsh, Independent. 'At least one of these poems will be instantly anthologised' Melvyn Bragg. 'A Glass Half Full is funny, poignant and a breath of fresh air. I loved the whole thing' Sarah Broadhurst, Bookseller. 'A Glass Half Full blew me away, Dennis is a crouching tiger about to wreak mayhem amongst the bleating lambs of English poetry' Mick Farren, author of Give the Anarchist a Cigarette. 'A fantastic collection! Rich, sumptuous and beautifully threaded' Jon Snow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56849 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Felix Dennis is the owner of Dennis Publishing. His poetry has appeared in periodicals including The Sunday Times, Vanity Fair and The Washington Post. He lives in London, Warwickshire, New York, Connecticut and Mustique.

Customer Reviews

Did I mention the free wine?
I was enticed along to an evening of felix's poetry by the promise of free wine,but in all honesty would happily pay to see him again and again!
If all poetry was written with the same passion,humour and senses of nostalgia and morality as Felix's then poetry would once again be one of the foremost art forms in this country.This is poetry for the masses and best of all it is free from the pretentiousness that usually accompanies the medium,and best of all...it actually rhymes!!

New poetry
I am normally rather turned off by poetry, but these are a wondeful a refreshing bunch of poems that I have read more than once and enjoyed. There are some hysterically funny poems and some very sad ones. Altogether very entertaining.

Lone Wolf = Accessible Poetry
This is a fantastic group of poems that are relevant and accessible to the contemporary reader. None are overly long and you can dip in and out of the book as you please. I found some of the shorter (four line) poems harder to identify with and sometimes it felt as though they were just filling space on the page. But the vast majority of this poetry has a great rhythm and flow to it. It's great to see a poet today using rhyme so effectively and in such a nicely presented book with appropriate illustrations. Highly recommended for anybody interested in poetry.