The Book of Revelation serves as a lonely planet guide to this outrageous place in time. With a nod to Mark E. Smith – late lead singer of The Fall and “the John of Patmos of his day” – Rob A. Mackenzie’s apocalyptic nightmare vision encompasses the rags of Empire, political turpitude and blindingly oppressive headlines in a grimly comic phantasmagoria of twenty-first century turmoil. It is not all darkness, however: there are consolations to be found in the creative underground, the varieties of artistic resistance, and guinea pigs. With typical formal variety and stylistic energy, Mackenzie takes us on a tour through the kingdoms of mosquito governments and “hyena influencers, hyena Messiahs”, recognising both despair at passing moments and also that “the moments are always beginning”.
| ISBN: | 9781784632151 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2020 |
| Author: | Rob A. Mackenzie |
| Publisher: | Salt Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Salt Modern Poets |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards) |