Lily's Writing Life
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Rainbows Orange Book of Poetry
Orange means passion, and for Lily Lawson, that's writing. In this second relatable, contemporary collection of the Rainbow series, the ‘non poetry-lovers poet’ shares that passion in the way only she can.
'... to the artist, the poet, the dreamer,
the weaver of words,
I give thanks.'
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This has long been Lily’s strength as a poet, in my view: her work has a refreshing directness, a sometimes confessional honesty. In this collection, however, while we still get that openness and conversational style, there is more technical mastery, more confidence in the use of rhythm and rhyme, and more philosophical reflectiveness. Her use of metaphor is more complex and striking, often drawing from the occupation of writing itself: life experiences are visualized as ‘unnecessary signage/proclaiming no returns/doors closing behind me as I go’ .
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