Being Alive edited by Neil Astley George Szirtes "Beginning the Avocado" (1987)

"Beginning the Avocado" (1987)

stir the mind and fire the spirit

and Nabokov all feature in these pages

the limbo dancer

of two goldfish left in an emptying house: touching and enchanting tales that combine bittersweet comedy with an unflinching account of human nature

Being Alive edited by Neil Astley George Szirtes "Beginning the Avocado" (1987)Being Alive is the sequel to Neil Astleys Staying Alive, which became Britains most popular poetry book because it gave readers hundreds of thoughtful and passionate poems about living in the modern world. Now he has assembled this equally lively companion anthology for all those readers whove wanted more poems that touch the heart, stir the mind and fire the spirit. Being Alive is about being human: about love and loss, fear and longing, hurt and