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Kevin Higgins’ 'The Boy With No Face' poetry bestseller
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A Brief History History Of Those Who Made Their Point Politely And Then Went Home Salmon Poetry has announced that Galway poet Kevin Higgins’ debut collection, The Boy With No Face, which was launched in February last year, was their best-selling book of 2005. Salmon Poetry has announced that Galway poet Kevin Higgins’ debut collection, The Boy With No Face, which was launched in February last year, was their best-selling book of 2005. And in 2006 it has continued to sell well. Salmon Poetry now plans to reprint The Boy With No Face to meet continued demand from bookshops and internet sales. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Good to hear the news. I've admired Kevin's work over the years. His poetry has an edge that is desperately missing in a lot of other work that is about. ....
Your face is dirty, your voice is loud,
Your hands outstretched from the begging crowd,
Yet your smile is more radiant than the rarest gem
You swear and you fight
Yet from your eyes shines the brightest light
The cast off rags and dirt encrusted bare feet
Cannot disguise your inborn human dignity
You are the street children of the third world, the homeless, the refugees, the alcos, battered and brusied, the world's poor,
To the rich who walk past you, with their noses upturned, you are nothing,
nothing, but scum to be scorned,
But to the God of the poor, you are more precious
more precious than the mountains of money the rich hoarde in their banks
More precious than property empires, power and prestige,
For to the God of the Poor, you are exalted.