This is the eleventh book of poetry by Cornish author Ian Vannoey and, like its predecessors, features amusing, easy-to-read poems. It seamlessly flits between wide-ranging topics – from classical music and classic literature to humorous everyday occurrences. ‘Is the Pope a foot fetishist?’ ‘Why is a living room called a living room?’ ‘My best friend is a lamp post...’ Ian Vannoey’s love of classical music is picked out with poems featuring Verdi and Stravinsky, while at the other end of the scale a trip to the dentist and some unusual facts about whales maintains this collection’s easy-going readability.
I read a Net Gallery reviewers copy, so firstly Thank you Ian Vannoey, Troubador Publishing and Net Gallery for the opportunity. There are 26 “Poems” in this compendium; some of the poems have little fun facts before them, some of them are about Opera plots and some are amusing descriptions of mundane daily tasks. The poems are all very easy to read and uncluttered by complicated and flashy words. It was a very quick read; I took me about half an hour (and I had to answer the phone a few times). It was fun and quirky and I would happily read more work by Mr. Vannoey. I think my favorites were the Opera inspired poems, so maybe I should go and see an Opera one day.
