Duck Soup and Swansongs

Witty finely crafted genuinely funny Careys poems surprise with their clever double takes on societys faults and foibles. At once erudite and bitingly topical Carey has a keen eye for the humorous detail and the deeper resonances of global stupidity. Carey shows himself adept at both the brief political quip like the Tony Abbot-inspired Captains Pick Haiku or the longer reflective analysis of presidential egomania in Another Day at the Office. I can think of very few poets with such a capacity for sustained humour and inventiveness. Underlying Careys poems is a clear-sighted voice that registers the follies pretensions and violence of humanity. - Peter Boyle