John Foulcher poem analysis John Foulcher is an Australian poet; his poems are described to be ‘simple, direct and convincing’. Johan Foulcher is an imagist. Foulcher takes a moment and draws it out so that a story unfolds, allowing us not only to see the moment, but to sense it, as if it has happened, is happening, to us. He uses conversational style to show us these moments and characters. He talks to us in plain English. There is no extravagance in his language, only clarity of word choice and deftness at stringing the words together. The everyday-ness of his topics makes the image that much more precious, because it points to the wonder that is simply a lived life; though he also captures war, religion and death with a faultless ease. In his poem ‘Martin and the Hand Grenade.’ The main theme conveyed in this poem is relationship and violence. Foulcher explores the ideas of the difference between adults and children in their
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