Status
Available
Publication
Manchester [UK] : Carcanet, 2008.
Description
Stressing the urgency and high stakes involved in poetic composition, each poem in this collection is a sharp peak of concentration where intellect and emotion battle for control. Triggered by things such as a love affair or a configuration of light, these short pieces attempt to record the mysterious and rare coincidences between the realm of idea and the world of perception.
Awards
Poetry Book Society Choice and Recommendation (Recommendation — 2008.1)
T. S. Eliot Prize (Shortlist — 2008)