Description
Some Birds Walk for the Hell of It is the third volume of poetry from musician and spoken word artist, C.R. Avery. In his take-no-prisoners style of verse and performance, Avery celebrates the virtues of the bohemian lifestyle, late-nite denizens of inconvenient madness, the dissolute and the temporary, lawless black leather pioneers of rap, and every tattooed member of this "helpless grey sky tribe." Like a cross between Lenny Bruce and Tom Waits, Avery's poetry is alternately profane,brilliant, vulgar, funny, brash, unsettling, and unquestionably original.
About the author
Contributor Notes
C.R. Avery was born in Smith Falls, Ontario in 1976. He is the author of two previous collections of poetry: Magic Hour Sailor Songs and 38 Bar Blues. He has released 17 albums, written and directed three musicals that have been produced in New York, L.A, Seattle and San Francisco. Avery has toured ruthlessly throughout North America, Europe and Australia with his rock & roll punk ensembles, hip-hop circus's with 12-bar blues overtones, and his infamous string quartets and burlesque revues. Some Birds Walk for the Hell of It is his third book of poems. He presently resides in Vancouver's Little Italy neighbourhood.