Book review of George Anderson dancing on thin ice

George Anderson is clearly the best underground poet born in Canada today living in Australia. In fact, he is one of the best underground poets in the world today.

Take "Beerwigs / The Beerwig" as an example. This poem about finding the title of the story in the old recipe needs to be experimented and run along with it. All five possible headings from Beerwigs to Puke-O-Gram are vague hedonists, and George analyzes exactly what beer is and what it might mean. He attributed Google [search time .23 seconds] to discovery, but the strange search was in his nerve pipeline. This strange poem shows his power as an experimental poet.

My other favorite is "Vasectomy", a fun piece of grapefruit about the testicles and the size of the money; "killer line on the road" "If not, I will suck your sic "A week"; "Fat Admirer [Feeder]" is a poetic obese lover, "I miss statistics - / go home and / or measure your shaking / thigh" and "I miss stack - / frozen pizza, / Box chip, fractions / chili enchilada /&nuggets"; and "Tabarnak" was very beautiful at the beginning: "By the way in the rear hub / treasure immediately urinating..." and then telling a night in prison The story of a fierce bully who thinks he is in a hockey game.

This book is full of sharp observations and is conveyed by the tone of the dialogue - the split [or bottle] tone. The cover [played by Alan Corkish] is a kangaroo that passes through the icy streets. This is a book from a poet who is really poetry and very experimental. You need this book.

Dancing on thin ice
George Anderson
Erbacce-Press 2008
40 pages
ISBN: 978-1-906588-29-8
Cover price: £3.99 / $ 8.25

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