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'lastnightomorrowmorning' by Mr Derry: The Cracked Artist

From:     M. Trebor
Category: Books
Date:     12 September 2006
Time:     06:26 AM

Review:

A  surreal poetry book has just been published as a pdf for online reading. The 30 page poetry book titled 
‘lastnightomorrowmorning’ was re-released this week.

‘lastnightomorrowmorning’ is a collection of surreal poetry and automatic writings by the cracked artist: Mr Derry.  

Mr Derry's poems could be classed or pigeon-holed like writers such as: Beckett, Burroughs to musicians like Barrett, 
Anderson or Beefheart. Derry has a creative play with words, perhaps the artist is going through a dark night of the soul?

I found the poem ‘fish’ quiet amusing to say the least, it has a charm that set up a scene of a northern shipping village. I quote 
“My eye captains where’s that Bird who ate that fish?” or the line from ‘Two Fragments’ “Perennial people smell pungent” it has 
a charm of flowery old people in tea cafes in Sussex. 

It maybe brilliant or utter nonsense at present I cannot decide. Some of the poetry is non-linear and perhaps a little hard to 
read. 

Extract from lastnightomorrowmorning

BLACK DOG 

 Shouting against the wind
 I hear nothing only noise
 Sitting up screaming I crawl
 Crawl into a sitting mood
 Darkness falls on the cloudy mind
 Terror transcends reason
 Bed sheets wrapping around body
 Hand in head, I shiver at the thoughts
 Bleak night fever, can’t deliver
 The next day of social activity
 Hair raising thoughts images
 Of the absurd, skin I alive
 Can’t confront the darkness
 Evil that lurks in the cells of time
 Shout inside and sink into fear
 Eyes stark naked and lost
 Black holes, hand shaking
 Stinking headache, I am lost
 Never happy even though I have everything
 Should stop, stop, thinking

©mrderry2006

‘’lastnightomorrowmorning’ can be obtained through his website as a free pdf at: 
Mr Derry: The Cracked Artist: http://www.geocities.com/surrealart05/lastnightomorrowmorning.html



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