I didn’t think this would be the first book I finished in 2020, but it seems that it is. Honestly, I’m not sure why I read it. I’m in entirely the wrong demographic, as it is aimed to the audience of ageing men, I have never read the book that Christopher Matthew wrote before this (now we are sixty, I believe), and I’m not entirely sure where the book came to be in my possession anyway. I just sort of found it on my bookshelf one day a few months ago. Regardless of these factors, I read the book, and would have to say I enjoyed it.
The illustrations in my copy by David Eccles were brilliant to look at, and I would rarely find a poem that didn’t intrigue me in some way. They were peculiar, and while I couldn’t relate to them the way a man who is sixty (and a bit) could, I still found joy in many. Here are a few of my favourites:
- Clapped Out
- All at Sea
- Lost
- Willy’s Wobbly
- Togetherness
- Eating
- Spoilt
- Instructions
- Aides Memoires
- Luvvies
- Standing on the Pavement
Its the perfect book for a cosy afternoon 🙂
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