Sweet, like Rinky-Dink - Softcover

Mark Waldron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780374593 ISBN 13: 9781780374598

Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Sometimes metaphysical, sometimes apparently confessional, sometimes challenging, often hilarious, Mark Waldron's poems take you by the arm and usher you in to a dark/light, funny/sad, silly/serious world which is exactly what the actual world looks like if you creep up on it and take it by surprise. As human beings living in society we’re supposed to keep what we really think hidden, but the poems of Sweet, like Rinky-Dink want to look at the absurdity behind our posturing, because in looking at it squarely in the face we might hope to have some freedom from it. 

Sweet, like Rinky-Dink is Mark Waldron’s fourth collection, following Meanwhile, Trees (2016), published by Bloodaxe, and The Brand New Dark (2008) and The Itchy Sea (2011), both from Salt.

‘He has since been publishing books steadily every few years and his latest, Sweet, Like Rinky-Dink, continues to develop his distinctive voice…. [an] accomplished and entertaining collection that showcases Waldron’s mercurial poetic voice.’ – Kit Toda, Times Literary Supplement

About this title

About the Author

Mark Waldron was born in New York in 1960 and grew up in London. He lives in East London with his wife and son, and began writing poetry in his early 40s. He published two collections with Salt, The Brand New Dark (2008) and The Itchy Sea (2011), which were followed by two from Bloodaxe, Meanwhile, Trees (2016) and Sweet, like Rinky-Dink (2019). His fifth collection, A Straight Up Giant, is published by Bloodaxe in June 2023.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780374593
• ISBN 13: 9781780374598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80