Genre: Poetry
I saw Charlotte at a live spoken word event hosted by OutSpoken London, and I was captivated by her words from the outset of her performance. At the interval, I definitely had to grab myself a copy of her collection, 'Food for the Dead'.
During the interval of the show where I first met Charlotte and experienced her poetry first-hand I spoke to her as she signed my newly purchased copy of her collection and we spoke and discussed Grandmothers and family, which was just lovely.
What initially intrigued me about this collection and the poet was her relationship and bond with her Grandmother or 'Babusya'. This reminded me of my relationship with my own Grandma, and how integral this was for me growing up, which led me to write my latest collection, 'Roots'.
The link with war, food and childhood memories was very similar to my own, so when reading I was also visualise these memories as well as seeing Charlotte's own recollections being shown.
Throughout the collection the poet does not use punctuation or capital letters, which at first was a little odd and required a little adjusting, but surprisingly this worked very well for every piece, lending a style to the works of this writer - it also did not influence or effect the flow, as I would have imagined it would have.
My rationale for giving this collection five out of five stars is due to the enjoyment factor and the reminiscence and similarity with my own collection and relationship with my Grandmother. I can see why this collection has been shortlisted and won several noteworthy prizes. I cannot wait to see what Charlotte writes next - I will be watching with keen interest.
I saw Charlotte at a live spoken word event hosted by OutSpoken London, and I was captivated by her words from the outset of her performance. At the interval, I definitely had to grab myself a copy of her collection, 'Food for the Dead'.
During the interval of the show where I first met Charlotte and experienced her poetry first-hand I spoke to her as she signed my newly purchased copy of her collection and we spoke and discussed Grandmothers and family, which was just lovely.
What initially intrigued me about this collection and the poet was her relationship and bond with her Grandmother or 'Babusya'. This reminded me of my relationship with my own Grandma, and how integral this was for me growing up, which led me to write my latest collection, 'Roots'.
The link with war, food and childhood memories was very similar to my own, so when reading I was also visualise these memories as well as seeing Charlotte's own recollections being shown.
Throughout the collection the poet does not use punctuation or capital letters, which at first was a little odd and required a little adjusting, but surprisingly this worked very well for every piece, lending a style to the works of this writer - it also did not influence or effect the flow, as I would have imagined it would have.
My rationale for giving this collection five out of five stars is due to the enjoyment factor and the reminiscence and similarity with my own collection and relationship with my Grandmother. I can see why this collection has been shortlisted and won several noteworthy prizes. I cannot wait to see what Charlotte writes next - I will be watching with keen interest.
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