Book of matches

Book of matches

"Book Of Matches" is a poetry book written by Simon Armitage. It was first published in 1993 by Faber and Faber.

The Book

The "Book Of Matches" is written in three sections.

The first "Book of Matches" is 30 short poems, each intended to be read from the strike of a match until the time it takes for the flame to burn out.

The second section; 'Becoming of Age' is 14 titled poems.

The third is a collection of untitled poems entitled ' Reading The Banns'. The themes of the poems in this section is a wedding.


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