CHOPPED LIVER - Paperback – June 10, 2022 by James Roderick Burns (Author)

4 Stars

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cyberwit.net (June 10, 2022)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 72 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 818253965X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8182539655
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.1 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.18 x 8.5 inches REVIEWED by Lenora Good

• Best Sellers Rank: #1,394,924 in Books

Mr. Burns presents us with a book of short and prose poems. The book is divided into three sections, Hot Dog and Bun: A Duet in short poetry, Chopped Liver, prose poems; and A Dog’s Breakfast, Haiku, Tanka, and Sedoka.

Mr. Burns hails from Stockton-on-Tees, in the north of England, and brings to this collection his English humor and spelling. This book is his fourth collection of short-form poems.

I liked most, if not all, of his pieces, but my most favorite by far was a short prose piece with a three-line title: “A Crack on the Head is What You Get for Not Asking, And A Crack on the Head is What You Get for Asking.” I laughed out loud at “Attenborough Goes East.” I had no trouble seeing both of these stories as they unfolded.

BIO
James Roderick Burns’ short story collection, Beastly Transparencies, is due from Eyewear Publishing in summer 2022. He is the author of three collections of poetry – most recently The Worksongs of the Worms (2018) – and a short fiction chapbook, A Bunch of Fives. His work has appeared in a number of journals and magazines, including The Guardian, Modern Haiku, The North and The Scotsman. He can be found on Twitter @JamesRoderickB.