{"product_id":"benchwarmers-paperback-3","title":"Benchwarmers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNigel Kent\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBenchwarmers, \u003c\/em\u003eNigel Kent's latest pamphlet, gives a voice to those who live their lives at the margins, such as the autistic boy, the looked-after child, the young offender, the anorexic, the painfully shy. They are life's outsiders, whom circumstances have conspired against: they are the also-rans, the subs confined to the bench, waiting for the call that never comes. These poignant, compassionate poems make visible the invisible and invite the reader to make a connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e***\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nigel Kent's poems in this collection, skillfully sketch out the lives of the dispossessed; those who '...lost life's toss the moment they were born.' His poetry vividly captures the feelings of loss and exclusion experienced by the disenfranchised child, and offers us a sobering insight into how our society fails many young people for so many reasons. In his prose poem, \u003cem\u003eCut\u003c\/em\u003e, Nigel Kent sets the sharpest rebuke: portraying the brutalizing effects of ostracism in the psyche of young minds, 'I leave my mark carve my initials in entitlement's bark with the blade they made.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chilling yet haunting pamphlet of poems.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eJosephine Lay, author of\u003cem\u003e 'A Quietus'\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's a recognisable feature of Nigel Kent's earlier collections that many of his poems notice and care about people on the margins of society, and this is also central to \u003cem\u003eBenchwarmers\u003c\/em\u003e. Through these poems Kent allows us a glimpse not only of the constraints, misunderstandings and sometimes cruelty his subjects face but also, in some cases, of how through their own empowered actions, and\/or the love and attention some receive, they can - as two of the poems suggests - either 'speed away' or find their 'own way home'.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePhil Vernon, Author of \u003cem\u003ePoetry after Auschwitz I \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWatching the Moon Landing \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nigel Kent takes the reader on a powerful and poignant journey with each turn of the page. \u003cem\u003eBenchwarmers\u003c\/em\u003e is a superb poetry collection. Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePatricia M Osborne, \u003cem\u003ePoet\/Novelist \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Powerful and unflinching. Compulsively readable. Defines class divides with sensitivity and dynamism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePaul Brookes\u003cem\u003e, poet, editor of The Wombwell Rainbow\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350775644409,"sku":"9781913499341","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aUJ1RXRScm1uZHFOVWN5MG9HRURlQT09_5d8d677c-bc0a-4c19-8dc1-b4c8ceccbb3a.webp?v=1769790220","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/benchwarmers-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}