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Paperback. Condition: new. 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.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. York's secret history lies in its snickets, passageways, courts and yards all of those in-between, out of the way routes: walk them and you inhabit history.In a newly-commissioned sequence of site-specific poems for York Curiouser, John Wedgwood Clarke explores the way people have shaped and been shaped by these transitional places. To read the poems is to haunt these hidden ways and to be haunted by them; to fill yourself with the breath and spirit of an extraordinary city.York Curiouser is a project that explores hidden York through contemporary art interventions, curated by Lara Goodband and Hazel Colquhoun. Find out more on John Wedgwood Clarke was born in St Ives, Cornwall. He studied English at the University of York and lived in the city for ten years. He now works as a freelance writer and editor, and is a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Hull. His debut pamphlet Sea Swim was published by Valley Press in 2012, followed by a first full-length collection, Ghost Pot, in 2013. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Sid, a young seagull, is a nervous bird and terrified of heights - which is a big problem when you're learning to fly. Can he overcome his fear and become a fully grown seaside seagull? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Through pregnancy, birth and early childhood, Rachel Bowers poetry takes us on an unsentimental journey from womb to world. Along the way, she explores the largely unmapped territories of loss, bewilderment, shame, transformation and betrayal, and reclaims the intimate histories, mythologies and wisdom our bodies share.This thought-provoking collection takes a frank, unflinching look at the joys and challenges of modern parenting, moving seamlessly between the mysterious, almost magical stages that make us what we are people who create people. A short collection of poems about pregnancy, birth and early childhood. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The unique collection of drawings, paintings and photographs that make up She Was A Hairy Bear, She Was A Scary Bear provide a loosely autobiographical account of creator Louisa Berminghams idiosyncratic relationship with the world.Using her seemingly inconsequential but deeply resonant protagonist, created using her own hair, to explore themes of power, beauty, self-esteem, responsibility, acceptance, conformity, loneliness and happiness, she takes readers on a surprising, often humorous journey through contemporary womanhood. The author uses artwork (often featuring her own hair) to give a loosely autobiographical account of her idiosyncratic relationship with the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bleak but wonderful . familiar, and of course funny. Alan BennettDark, funny and twisted, but surprisingly tender. A.L. KennedyCouples is a blackly comic sequence of poems that explore the nature of co-dependency of two people who want to be together, but at the same time cannot help but push each other away. The layout of the book is itself a commentary on the phenomenon the poems are placed in their own couples, pairs that face each other across the page. Sometimes they exchange a glance, sometimes they stand side-by-side, staring out into the abyss; only when the book is closed, and they are in darkness, do they truly come together. Originally published on Valentines Day 2013, the seven-year itch has brought Michael Stewart back to his old flame for a new edition in 2020; reworking the original poems, and adding a dozen more. The result is an unnervingly perceptive volume, to be shared with your other half at your own risk you may never look at a couple, or each other, the same way again. A blackly comic sequence of poems that explore the nature of co-dependency; an anti-valentine. New expanded edition. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The poems in Cosmonaut work together to tell a story. As our poetic narrator embarks on her literal and figurative journey, the cosmonaut and space itself become flexible metaphors, used to explore the narrators place in and perceptions of her world. Shielded and distanced from the world by the glass of the cosmonauts helmet, the narrators journey is ultimately internal, played out against a backdrop of the accidental details of life from Star Wars bandaids to conversations about trauma theory, from climate change to Scotch whiskies. A literal and figurative journey, shielded and distanced from the world by the glass of the cosmonauts helmet. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Wild Gods is the debut pamphlet from Danish-born, London-based poet Malene Engelund. Meticulously constructed and honed over the last two years, these poems offer fresh approaches to works of art and their artists, owls and their feathers, horses and their bridles, where we all come from and where we are going 'The Wild Gods' is the debut pamphlet from Danish-born, London-based poet Malene Engelund. Meticulously constructed and honed over the last two years, these poems offer fresh approaches to works of art and their artists, owls and their feathers, horses and their bridles, where we all come from and where we are going. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In Quantum Theory for Cats, York-based poet and ghost trail guide Ian Stuart ably chaperones us through the winding snickelways between bitter beauty and sweet ugliness. After hearing from both of Schroedingers pets, we witness spontaneous tears in a bookshop, watch an ambulance arrive through a crack in the curtains, then spend time with saints, artists, doppelgangers and the unborn.Treading nimbly between wit and profundity, this long-overdue collection from an intriguing new voice in UK poetry takes readers on a brief but invigorating excursion through the humour and tragedy of life. A debut pamphlet which moves seamlessly between wit and profundity; for readers with 'a sense of sadness as sharp as their sense of humour.' Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Whole Island explores the poet's relationship with the Isle of Man, in poems about family and folklore, history and politics, nature and wildlife. The island is navigated as a body, the body as an island.Readers may learn things about the Isle of Man, but Maddrell more frequently uses his cherished Isle as an allegory for the nature of his own queerness, and the queerness of nature and environmental threat. Liberally scattered with Manx Gaelic and dialect, The Whole Island is unapologetically Manx but welcomes its readers with open arms into its complex, conflicted world. The Whole Island explores Maddrell's relationship with the Isle of Man in poems about family and folklore, history and politics, nature and wildlife. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Layers is the debut novel from Stephen Reynolds, exploring how our identity is shaped by our relationships. The anonymous protagonist recounts his life story, showing us how the people he has loved his parents, sister, grandfather, best friend, and partner have all helped to form who he is. He is a different version of himself with each loved one, versions which combine to make up a whole person. However, as the book goes on and the protagonist starts to lose grip of people around him, he begins to wonder who he really is without them. Are the various versions of himself lost with those who knew them, or can he remain whole in spite of their loss? Struggling with overwhelming grief and its consequential identity crisis, he teeters on the edge of fading away completely. Can he find a way to pull those lost pieces of himself back together, or is he forever lost to the void?Stephen started writing The Layers after losing someone close to him and considering whether a version of himself had also been lost. I think The Layers is important because it sets out to de-normalise loss, he says. Well all experience grief and death in our lifetimes. The Layers shouts about that. It seeks to confront it but offers no suggestion of peace through doing so. But the novel isnt all doom and gloom. It highlights the joy and beauty of our most important relationships, and the imprints they leave behind even after they are gone. It is a life-affirming look at how we are reborn through our losses to truly appreciate the connections we have had and those which remain. It is a love story dedicated to all of our quirks, our eccentricities, our nuances, our layers. A story of love, life, loss and identity. A life viewed through the relationships that matter most. A family with a bond so strong that they thought it could never be broken. Until it was. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Spring 1916: Ludwig Wittgenstein is on his way to the Eastern Front. Wittgensteins Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, the terse, gnomic masterpiece of modern philosophy, is also a war poem. At the outbreak of the First World War this strange, intense, immensely wealthy young man volunteered as a private soldier in an Austro-Hungarian regiment, serving in some of the most brutal battles of the conflict, and carrying notes for the Tractatus in his backpack. Wherever We Are When We Come to the End digs into the form and the language of the Tractatus, following Wittgenstein through the war and his own conflicts with words and silence, violence and grief, time and eternity. The result is a highly original formal experiment and a poetic fantasia on logic, love and war. A poetic experiment, digging into the form and language of the Tractatus, following Wittgenstein through war and his own conflicts with language and silence, violence and grief, time and eternity. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A young couple wonder whether family life would be easier if they were cuttlefish. A father and daughter communicate through moths. A child embraces the power she has over creatures smaller than herself. A town finds itself at the mercy of a polar bear.In her debut pamphlet, Charlotte Eichler explores human relationships through our ambivalent interactions with the natural world. Navigating many literal and metaphorical islands along the way, her poems form an archipelago of ideas, taking us on an unforgettable journey from the Hebrides to the Norse heavens."Charlotte Eichler grabs the twisting, female narrative and confidently fits colours and stories into new bodies. These poems are almost anthropomorphic half girl, half beast and I'm excited to follow whatever she writes next." Jen Campbell"Their Lunar Language infolds named and imaginary, near and far-flung places. It assembles a disquieting array of feminine characters, later bringing in masculine figures of tenderness and fragility. This creates a powerful authorial perspective, not mistakable for any other voice. Brides and cuttlefish, wayward or broken forms of love, woodlands transposable with human manufacture: this is modern pastoral, not nostalgic, and well beyond the ordinary domestic lyric." Vahni Capildeo In her debut pamphlet, Charlotte Eichler explores human relationships through our ambivalent interactions with the natural world. Navigating many literal and metaphorical islands along the way, her poems form an archipelago of ideas, taking us on an unforgettable journey from the Hebrides to the Norse heavens. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bird, beast or man, we each have the same element at our core: bones. While our forms may change, the bones always remain and in this thrilling debut, the poet celebrates their beauty and structure though folk tales, philosophy, day dreams and night terrors. Aided by a host of characters including a girl who fell in love with a mountain, a woman who can only ever look at you sideways, and a man made of bees, Caroline Hardaker creates a dozen unforgettable worlds entirely her own. A dark, folkloric debut pamphlet of poetry, introducing a fresh voice from the North East. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Front Lines is a new anthology of short stories on the theme of 'anti-conventionalism, anti-society, and young people's anger at the world that has been left by the generations before us.' Its six contributors are all under 25, the young people living on the front lines of Austerity Britain. The selected stories are uncompromising and gripping, offering a fascinating insight into the minds of our creative, socially-engaged young people. They include tales of lost society and global warfare, as well as the moral instability and unscaleable summits that today's young people must face.Dan Formby was born in Southport in 1990, and is studying English & Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Felice Howden graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2009, and now works in central London. James Mcloughlin was born in Merseyside in 1990, and is currently studying at Leeds Trinity University College. His first collection of poetry, Encore, was published by Valley Press in May 2011. Nathan Ouriach was born in Northampton. He has written for the magazines Shortlist and GQ, and lives in Herne Bay, Kent. David Whelan lives in London, and currently blogs about literature, film and TV for the Huffington Post. His journalism has appeared in the Guardian, the Times, the Independent and the Sunday Times. Ryan Whittaker is currently completing a degree in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This is a book for people who like to gorge on language; a meal too big for people who hate to throw away their food. It is about lifes extremes those times when you do things to excess, and those when you avoid doing anything at all. Sometimes political, sometimes sexual and always hungry, this visceral, arresting debut pamphlet marks the arrival of an unforgettable new 'mouth' in UK poetry. Debut poetry collection Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Hardwick's world closely resembles our own until we look close and see a retired Elvis gardening in suburbia, Charlie Chaplin weaving between the stalled cars on the M25, and dragons' grandchildren whispering under the bed.It's a world where the ghosts of Bacchantes stir the sleep of cats, a mysterious woman struggles with her umbrella on every street corner, and flowers fall unexpectedly from a clear sky. Above all, it is a world of illumination, in which satori of sorts may be glimpsed in the most unlikely of places as you move almost imperceptibly across divides you didn't notice, all the while watched over by the kaleidoscope eyes of The Ringmaster's Apprentice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. By necessity, to come home is to look with fresh eyes at what is familiar. Joanna Ezekiels exquisite second collection captures this experience with a combination of quiet observation and vivid sensuality. She draws on her British Jewish upbringing and Indian Jewish heritage to explore what it means to belong to a family, to a country, to a culture in poems that sing with warmth and generosity. Playful juxtapositions of characters and landscapes create a sense of the unexpected, and her treatment of the past is as subtle as her commentary on the present. Evocative and tender, Homecoming is a collection that invites the reader into an unfamiliar place and makes them feel at home. Latest collection by the poet Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Matthew Hedley Stoppard's poetry has been compared to both Edward and Dylan Thomas, along with Simon Armitage and Paul Farley. A Family Behind Glass is set in a zone not unlike Farley's Edgelands, sharply defining elements of both the urban and the pastoral.The collection acts like a scrapbook of a 90s childhood: the rusting swing-sets, the Ladybird waistcoats. Stoppard's attention then shifts to the here and now, and the realities of life as a father "a double helix / that twists in both our blood" presenting them, like the family behind glass, almost within touching distance."He weaves the everyday into wonderfully unravelling works of art."James NashMatthew Hedley Stoppard was born in Derbyshire in 1985. Widely published in magazines and anthologies, a recording of his poetry, Insect Eucharist and Other Poems, was released on vinyl in 2012. He now works as a journalist, and lives in Leeds. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Quick is the first collection of poems by Peter Spafford; a professional writer for more than twenty years, appearing in print here for the first time.By day, Spafford writes scripts for theatre, radio, musical theatre and opera. His poems are, out of necessity, creatures of the night; all the pieces in this collection dodged the searchlights and crept under the wire in the last five years.They are drawn from family relationships, friendships, a love of language and from the varied settings of his work: in prisons, schools, museums, hospitals and on the streets. Most of them have a story at their heart; stories which can now be told. First collection by the poet Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Sparks is the third collection of passionate, poignant poetry from much-loved Hull-based author Norah Hanson. The fiery wit and hard-won wisdom that characterised her previous collections are here, intact, with a new level of clarity and purpose adding weight to the words - without losing the warmth, wonder, and laugh-out-loud observational skills that have won Norah readers across the world. Now six-times a great-grandmother, the poet's life experience shines through each page. There are no riddles or literary exercises here; Norah's refreshingly (and deceptively) direct language seems to rise from the earth itself. Third collection of unique, thought-provoking poetry by much-loved writer Norah Hanson Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Jo Reed's second collection offers readers more of her trademark mix of memory, myth and magic; a window to a unique world where the unvarnished reality of OAP shopping trips ('Finding the deepest trolleys, we fill our day') sits alongside breath taking flights of imagination ('a turtle sings, fathoms deep, a boy held safe upon her back.')The magic of Life Class is found in the single consciousness that connects the poems; be they set in the world of 1960s Soho, on the edge of an estuary, on a Greek island, or in the hearts and minds of Jo's inimitable female protagonists (and the men they love - or more frequently, tolerate). Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In David OHanlons first full-length collection, precise, piercing language illuminates tales from actual, mythical and personal history making all three seem immediate, contemporary and universal. Readers will hear how four unacquainted deaf men published near-identical essays deconstructing the assumed importance of sound, find new ways of reading the stories of Orpheus, Sisypus, Tantalus et al., and learn of a young mans twelve-year struggle to paint an authentic picture of the sky. In David O'Hanlon's first full-length collection, precise, piercing language illuminates tales from actual, mythical and personal history - making all three seem immediate, contemporary and universal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A Sixty-Watt Las Vegas is the first full-length poetry collection from Mike Di Placido. The title, and much of the collection, is an affectionate dig at the expense of his home-town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire.As well as observations on the town and its culture, past and present, the collection features cameos from various literary figures of note (Dickens faces up to Pizza Hut, TS Eliot shows up at a coffee bar), and gentle, affecting observations on life as a poet and a new uncle."An outstanding first collection."Peter Sansom"I can't remember when I enjoyed a book of poems so much possibly [Ted Hughes's] Season Songs."Keith Sagar on Theatre of DreamsMike Di Placido lives in Seamer, near Scarborough. An ex-professional footballer and England Youth International, Mike played across the globe, from York City to Australia and New Zealand, before turning to the literary life. His debut poetry pamphlet, Theatre of Dreams, was published by Smith/Doorstop in 2009, taking its title from his magical trial with Manchester United in the early 1970s. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. One of Hulls most important modern-day poets, Norah Hanson has been delighting readers for decades with her honest, entertaining and inventive writing. Whether reflecting on the past, through derelict landmarks and absent friends, confronting present-day domestic dilemmas with wit and good-humour, or looking to the future through the eyes (and extraordinary energies) of her grandchildren, Love Letters & Children's Drawings is poetry at its very best insightful, compelling, and essential. Norah Hanson has been delighting readers for decades with her honest, entertaining and inventive writing; whether reflecting on the past, through derelict landmarks and absent friends, confronting present-day 'domestic dilemmas' with wit and good-humour, or looking to the future through the eyes of her grandchildren. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Its nature poetry, so its pretty, and its ugly.Its us at our messiest, our most incongruous.Running around. Running away.Learning that there is nowhere to run to.In this meditation on flora, fauna, fire and failing relationships, birds flee, trees hide, gargoyles weep, Arcadia grows ever more distant, and we humans that we are see fit to plant marigolds and dig up dandelions. Cook chickens and swoon over kingfishers. Protect the game birds then shoot them for sport. Build walls, fell trees, and squeeze the sublime out of mountains. Partition the planet into that which we might control, and that which we might idealise, gaze at. Regard the world, regard each other, through the lenses our parents gave us, seldom stopping to simply let things be.But hope springs eternal; and we still have time. Just. Its nature poetry, so its pretty, and its ugly.Its us at our messiest, our most incongruous.Running around. Running away.Learning that there is nowhere to run to. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.