{"product_id":"benchwarmers-9781913499341","title":"Benchwarmers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBenchwarmers, \u003c\/em\u003eNigel Kent's latest pamphlet, gives a voice to those who live their lives at the margins, such as the autistic boy, the looked-after child, the young offender, the anorexic, the painfully shy. They are life's outsiders, whom circumstances have conspired against: they are the also-rans, the subs confined to the bench, waiting for the call that never comes. These poignant, compassionate poems make visible the invisible and invite the reader to make a connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e***\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nigel Kent's poems in this collection, skillfully sketch out the lives of the dispossessed; those who '...lost life's toss the moment they were born.' His poetry vividly captures the feelings of loss and exclusion experienced by the disenfranchised child, and offers us a sobering insight into how our society fails many young people for so many reasons. In his prose poem, \u003cem\u003eCut\u003c\/em\u003e, Nigel Kent sets the sharpest rebuke: portraying the brutalizing effects of ostracism in the psyche of young minds, 'I leave my mark carve my initials in entitlement's bark with the blade they made.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chilling yet haunting pamphlet of poems.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eJosephine Lay, author of\u003cem\u003e 'A Quietus'\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's a recognisable feature of Nigel Kent's earlier collections that many of his poems notice and care about people on the margins of society, and this is also central to \u003cem\u003eBenchwarmers\u003c\/em\u003e. Through these poems Kent allows us a glimpse not only of the constraints, misunderstandings and sometimes cruelty his subjects face but also, in some cases, of how through their own empowered actions, and\/or the love and attention some receive, they can - as two of the poems suggests - either 'speed away' or find their 'own way home'.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePhil Vernon, Author of \u003cem\u003ePoetry after Auschwitz I \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWatching the Moon Landing \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nigel Kent takes the reader on a powerful and poignant journey with each turn of the page. \u003cem\u003eBenchwarmers\u003c\/em\u003e is a superb poetry collection. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePatricia M Osborne, \u003cem\u003ePoet\/Novelist \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Powerful and unflinching. Compulsively readable. Defines class divides with sensitivity and dynamism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePaul Brookes\u003cem\u003e, poet, editor of The Wombwell Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel Kent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hedgehog Poetry Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913499341\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hedgehog Poetry Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40828204417139,"sku":"9.78191E+12","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e68bc71b-75a6-4e86-9bfc-49274ab7d3b4.jpg?v=1684327033","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/benchwarmers-9781913499341","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}