Rafferty's Rules - A Poetry Collection

A collection of poetry and spoken word by Frank Rafferty.

Summary

Glaswegian-born, Derry-based performance poet Frank Rafferty has shared his spoken word and poetry on stages around the world. His debut collection, Rafferty’s Rules, includes his comic musings coupled with political calls to action captured with his unique style of energy and lyricism.

This volume includes crowd-favourites My Granny Made Me An Anarchist and This Iz Thi Voys.

Rafferty's Rules

/raf:uh:tees ruːls/

slang c. 1910

The phrase, a play on the Irish surname Rafferty, is a way to say you aren't playing by any rules at all.

Cover illustration by Rachael Johnson.

Contents

Absent

Notes From The Asylum

Past Lives

I Stopped

Mickey’s Monkey

Your Health

Elephant

Araphel

Templemore

Men Who Can’t Stop Marching

Snake

Mmajin

My Granny Made Me An Anarchist

Jazz

Service 64

Being A Tree

Do Not Belong To Others

This Iz Thi Voys

Nae Pasaran Ya Bass

A Random Selection from 100 things that

keep me awake at night

When I Die

Remainder

Lastwurds

Product details

• Authors: Frank Rafferty
• Assisted by: Rachael Johnson (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2024
• EAN: 9781738429363
• ISBN: 978-1-7384293-6-3
• No. of pages: 52
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Poetry, political, Poetry by individual poets