Beware the Bougainvillea
Friendly Street Poets, 52p., $8.95
the bitumen rhino
Friendly Street Poets, 67p., $8.95
Poetry
Friendly Poets: Skill and unevenness
by John Irving •
A reviewer’s judgement should never be taken as the definitive one, nor should they be seen as such. I am aware that my own opinions are just that, a ‘bad review’ has many uses, perhaps· to improve one’s dart throwing, or to supplement the tissue in the small room of contemplation. In the manner of a judge however, opinion can only be formed on the basis of the evidence presented, in the reviewer’s without benefit of a jury’s verdict.
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