How Long to Read Benchwarmers

How Long Does it Take to Read Benchwarmers?

It takes the average reader to read Benchwarmers by Nigel Kent

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Description

Benchwarmers, Nigel Kent's latest pamphlet, gives a voice to those who live their lives at the margins, such as the autistic boy, the looked-after child, the young offender, the anorexic, the painfully shy. They are life's outsiders, whom circumstances have conspired against: they are the also-rans, the subs confined to the bench, waiting for the call that never comes. These poignant, compassionate poems make visible the invisible and invite the reader to make a connection. *** "Nigel Kent's poems in this collection, skillfully sketch out the lives of the dispossessed; those who '...lost life's toss the moment they were born.' His poetry vividly captures the feelings of loss and exclusion experienced by the disenfranchised child, and offers us a sobering insight into how our society fails many young people for so many reasons. In his prose poem, Cut, Nigel Kent sets the sharpest rebuke: portraying the brutalizing effects of ostracism in the psyche of young minds, 'I leave my mark carve my initials in entitlement's bark with the blade they made.' A chilling yet haunting pamphlet of poems." Josephine Lay, author of 'A Quietus' "It's a recognisable feature of Nigel Kent's earlier collections that many of his poems notice and care about people on the margins of society, and this is also central to Benchwarmers. Through these poems Kent allows us a glimpse not only of the constraints, misunderstandings and sometimes cruelty his subjects face but also, in some cases, of how through their own empowered actions, and/or the love and attention some receive, they can - as two of the poems suggests - either 'speed away' or find their 'own way home'." Phil Vernon, Author of Poetry after Auschwitz I and Watching the Moon Landing "Nigel Kent takes the reader on a powerful and poignant journey with each turn of the page. Benchwarmers is a superb poetry collection. Highly recommended." Patricia M Osborne, Poet/Novelist "Powerful and unflinching. Compulsively readable. Defines class divides with sensitivity and dynamism." Paul Brookes, poet, editor of The Wombwell Rainbow

How long is Benchwarmers?

Benchwarmers by Nigel Kent is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Benchwarmers Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read Benchwarmers aloud.

What Reading Level is Benchwarmers?

Benchwarmers is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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