Paperback. Form is a beautifully produced, fiercely ambitious debut pamphlet from a completely new voice in British poetry. These fourteen poems document the emergence of a keen literary mind; unafraid to switch between piercing social commentary (often in the form of extended natural metaphors), tender reports on inter-family interactions (as in opening poem 'Explaining to Joshua Why Snowmen Have to Melt'), and what can best be described as sheer revelry in the joy of language.'Golden'Hole of gold, apart from timeheld open by exotic matter.No matter that the patterof tiny feetclosed the circle.Love you, Au,I do.Eternally old hardened hoop.A cheer, a whoop then given back.Refuge in a toolbox.Visits copper cousinsin a dirty, dusty corner.Strange coldy coldness;since furnace forged, soon forgotten.Buried beneath an apple tree,plumps the second season's fruit.Superhero shiny ting!In summer sunlight,swells the bosom of reflected pride.Blinded worms within.Goaded by fashioninto empty reluctance,and limping on forever,to melt beforea million birthday candles. Carl Potter was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire, in 1984, and remained there until starting a degree in English and Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity University College. He has had a variety of jobs, including landscape gardener and chef, but has always written poetry and fiction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Form (Paperback)
Publisher: Valley Press, Driffield
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1908853034
ISBN 13: 9781908853035
Binding: Paperback
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Form is a beautifully produced, fiercely ambitious debut pamphlet from a completely new voice in British poetry. These fourteen poems document the emergence of a keen literary mind; unafraid to switch between piercing social commentary (often in the form of extended natural metaphors), tender reports on inter-family interactions (as in opening poem 'Explaining to Joshua Why Snowmen Have to Melt'), and what can best be described as sheer revelry in the joy of language. A must-read volume for anyone with an interest in the future of literature.

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