Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems (Canons) by Lemn Sissay

Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems (Canons)

Lemn Sissay

241 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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Lemn Sissay was seventeen when he wrote his first poetry book, which he hand-sold to the miners and mill workers of Wigan. Since then his poems have become landmarks, sculpted in granite and built from concrete, recorded on era-defining albums and...

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3.93
based on 67 reviews

Moods

challenging: 75%

emotional: 58%

reflective: 58%

inspiring: 41%

dark: 33%

informative: 16%

adventurous: 8%

funny: 8%

hopeful: 8%

mysterious: 8%

relaxing: 8%

sad: 8%


Pace

30% of readers chose fast
40% of readers chose medium
30% of readers chose slow
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