The Bicycle Thief & Other Poems
Black Pepper, $22.95 pb, 94 pp, 9781876044763
Poetry
Martin Duwell reviews 'The Bicycle Thief & Other Poems' by Andrew Sant
by Martin Duwell •
There are some poets whose works only seem to come alive when seen in the light of their other poems. Andrew Sant may well be one of these. A Sant poem, read on its own, can often seem thoughtful but rather lightweight; embedded in one of his books, given a context by the surrounding poems, it becomes animated by a set of consistent themes and obsessions.
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