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Ġorġ Borg: Fittixni fl-ilma ġieri: poeżijiHorizons, 2018. Following his 2013 volume Ċrieki fl-għadira, much praised by Oliver Friggieri in his critical note published in that volume, Ġorġ Borg has now produced this volume that is bound to please his fLyrics lucid and flowing
Ġorġ Borg: Fittixni fl-ilma ġieri: poeżijiHorizons, 2018. Following his 2013 volume Ċrieki fl-għadira, much praised by Oliver Friggieri in his critical note published in that volume, Ġorġ Borg has now produced this volume that is bound to please his faithful readers and the lovers of his gift of writing short, finely-produced lyrics often expressing his experiences as a lover of friendship, nature and – perhaps above all – God and religion. In his short foreword to the volume, the author makes two striking statements. He is a follower of T.S. Eliot in his desire “to wrestle with words and meanings”, and he believes that poetry requires not only a well-chosen vocabulary but also conciseness. He could have added his love of striking rhythms and elegant rhymes. Reading his poems aloud, even to myself, often leads me to read poem after poem without tiring. I have been following Borg’s development since, perhaps, the 1970s (his successful Solitudni fir-Ramla, 1978) and have always been held by the transparency and fluidity of his verse. He has never been led astray by fashion from his desire to write verse that is lucid, and using traditional prosody. His desire to be simple... Read more