Two poems about city life by Liz Lochead

Liz Lochead has written two poems about city life, one being Laundrette which is set in an area of Bristol which is full of bedsits, meant for students just renting. The other poem is George Square which is set in the business district in Glasgow.
As the first poem mentioned, Laundrette has a subtle start as it says ‘We sit nebulous in steam’ (nebulous meaning hazy or vague). You could almost have a debate on all the possible places that you ‘sit nebulous in steam’. Through the whole of laundrette it never uses the word laundrette except of course in the title. Quite on the opposite, George Square starts off straight and plain by saying ‘George Square’. This throws the location to a square in a town or city with a square named George Square.
After the first line both poems start explaining all about everything said in the first line. George Square uses ‘idleness, an island’. This could have two meanings, the first and......

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Title: Two Poems About City Life By Liz Lochead
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