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Mal Morgan's fifth book of poems is in the fullest sense refreshing. He makes the world attractive in spite of the pain he's familiar with, and which friends and fellow beings suffer everywhere. Morgan has experience more than most: these poems chart the heartache and loss of fore-bears, lovers, children, and those encountered in his career as suburban and hospital pharmacist. The drugs we use, including poetry, to make the going smoother: he knows these, as Jacques Prevert, an admired model, knew the 'charm' in the lovely speech that softens blows and lets the mind out 'on parole' (Introduction)
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Mal Morgan : L'Chaim to Life