Publisher: Modjaji Books, South Africa
Secret Keeper
In poems that memorialise and celebrate both the extraordinary and
every day with unnerving clarity, Kerry Hammerton traverses the
landscapes of loss and living, recalling the weight of past loves, new
life and imminent death. Hers is the poetics of honesty: an un-filtered
account of dying paired with the burning urgency of youth and sex.
Hammerton fuses each tenebrous poem with the wryness of its counterpart,
balancing joy and mourning in a harmony that echoes the human
experience. Unflinching and daring, The Secret Keeper is a collection that sings.
£17.00
About the author
Kerry Hammerton is a poet, writer and alternative health practitioner. She is a graduate of The University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and The College of Integrated Chinese Medicine (Reading, UK). Her poetry has been published in South African literary journals such as Carapace, New Contrast and New Coin, online at Litnet and Incwadi. She has also been a contributor to The Empty Tin Readings (May 2010) and The Poetry Project. These are the lies I told you is her first poetry collection. Kerry has fewer wrinkles than she should have at her age – or so her friends tell her.
Review
“Hammerton’s subtly playful journey in this collection [These are
the Lies I told you] is amusing, refreshing and extraordinarily
entertaining.”
The Star
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