Daphne Parker Powell is a great poet…

You might’ve heard about the greatness of old poets and about the beauty of their work. But reading through them always gives you a headache. Listening to the music tied to their rhymes never gives you much of a thrill. 

You’re probably right! This ain’t for you, and you shouldn’t try to work things out. It’s just very likely that life’s been good to you. It’s very likely that you’ve never felt the need to move, try and suffer for things that you really desired. Perhaps all of it came easily.

That’s certainly not the story of any of the poets, or the people who love them. All of those got moving before they started getting hurt. All of them wrote about their joys and sorrows and could never be convinced to ditch them. 

Daphne Parker Powell is a great poet and might be ambitious as well. Powell wants her rhymes to hit as many people as possible straight to the heart and so marries them to charming blues-rock grooves. “In the Soup Till the Pot Rots” is a song about bad decisions, as well as the humour and strength required to recognise them.