The Works contains 120 of Pam Ayres' best-known poems, including 'The Battery Hen', 'Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In?', 'Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire, Mother' and, of course, 'Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth'.
This edition includes a general introduction by Pam, as well as individual introductions to these classic poems of the seventies and eighties, many of which are now illustrated with specially commissioned line drawings by Susan Hellard. The Works is certain to delight Pam's fans of all ages.
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
ISBN: 9781846077937
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 179 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 15 mm
Pam Ayres is a proper poet, whose wistful, funny, and perceptive verse captures both the joy and unfairness of life - Sunday Times
One of the fastest selling tickets at the Fringe, Pam Ayres' appeal seems undiminished - Edinburgh Herald
Pam Ayres is a poet for the people. Her verse portrays a wicked sense of humour, and deals with subjects not normally thought to be worthy of poetry - Melbourne Herald Sun
Pam Ayres, the bestselling poet, writes as rhapsodically about the Wonderbra as Wordsworth did about daffodils - Guardian
There are clear comparisons between Pam and Sir John Betjeman - Daily Express
Pam's poems typically reflect her daily life - how the little things pan out, and all the things that can end up not as expected. So expect a poem about her son's 21st (a portaloo that stands as a centre... More
This book took me back to my childhood and seeing Pam on TV reading her poems. It's a brilliant collection of all her best work and can highly recommend it to those who like les stuffy poetry.
In my own opinion this lady poet is very over-rated. I still don't know how she "WON" Opportunity Knocks talent show back in the 1970s. I just don't rate her. Very boring - and very boring poems....
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