JIM BENNETT'S STUNNING NEW COLLECTION

THE MAN WHO TRIED TO HUG CLOUDS

by Jim Bennett

"a stunning achievement..." citn

"..true to his vision and honest and direct in the way he presents it" John Couth

"a glorious reappraisal of a poet at the height of his powers" mam

WINNER - POETRY HOUSE

POETRY COLLECTION OF THE YEAR 2004

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Hear Jim Bennett read some of his best work on this fine studio album from Long Neck Media. With a selection of songs and poetry covering thirty years of an amazing creative output. This is the definitive Jim Bennett collection.

"...an authentic voice bringing the sound of beat to Liverpool" -Trax

"Jim Bennett is very much of that generation of Liverpool poets who adopted the directness and spontaneity of American beat writing and adapted it into a peculiarly English - and Liverpudlian - mode of expression."
- David Bateman, Transparent Words

"One of Jim’s great strengths is his range. He reads a poem which naughty boys all over the world would repeat with glee ... and follows it with poems bearing his soul, peeling off layer after layer of feeling." - Bill Melrose, Merseyside Arts.

"Jim is an experience, a really good life affirming experience." - John Ball, Nightshade

"The best performance poet in Liverpool" he certainly is, in fact he is one of the best in the country, "

"a genius who creates unforgettable experience for the audience but does it in a quiet and unassuming way."

"the very best of the Liverpool Poets"

"he has to be experienced."

""Liverpool Is"... is unashamedly an anthem for a great city written by someone who clearly loves Liverpool and who has the talent to express that love in a poem. "

 "..beautiful poems read perfectly by a great poet,

who could ask for more."

Merseyside Arts Monthly

"A not to be missed event. Jim's poetry and songs are witty, funny and thought provoking." Ham