Poetry collection review: Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter (1978) by Pam Ayres

Hello everyone... It is my second review of some of Pam Ayres's work today. For this review, I will be looking at her 1978 poetry collection, Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter. For the second time, I find myself laughing at what I am reading. Pam Ayres is so funny and she seems to do it with ease. The poems in this collection though do differ from the last. This time I was met with an abundance of various people from the child who wanted to stay at home with their mum in 'I don't Want to go to School Mum' or the woman needing a new settee in 'A Tale of Two Settees' and person who could not stand going to the car wash in 'The Car Wash Black and Blues'. In her poetry, Pam makes her characters come alive, filling them with a vivid personality as well as keeping them funny.

Then there are the poems that offer more serious topics such as 'Building Sites Bites' which I found a little hard to comprehend, considering the meaning behind it as she explained. Another one is 'Ever Since I had my Op' which although had humour in it, got me thinking quite deeply. This is one thing I love about reading some Pam Ayres - she likes to include meaning and reasons for things lessons to learn.

Overall, I enjoyed reading this collection just as I did the last one. I am looking forwards to reading more from Pam Ayres. I am giving Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter an 8/10.


Until next time,


Thomas.

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