A debut collection of poems from one the most exciting new voices in poetry.
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Summary
A debut collection of poems from one the most exciting new voices in poetry.
Description
The debut collection from the poet considered to be the new Paul Farley.Jacob Polley already has a formidable reputation as one of the sharpest and most unusual new voices to have appeared on the scene in many years. Now, with the publication of his first collection, The Brink, readers will have their first opportunity to see his remarkable transforming imagination in action, where a jar of honey is '... the sun, all flesh and no bones / but for the floating knuckle / of honeycomb / attesting to the nature of the struggle', and a gull's hovering is 'suddenly akin / to dangling on a coat hook / by the back of a coat you're still in'.
Awards
Short-listed for T. S. Eliot Prize 2004 (UK) Short-listed for Forward Prize for Poetry Best First Collection 2005 (UK)
About the Author
Jacob Polley lives in Carlisle. His work has previously appeared in various publications, including First Pressings, and several of his poems have been read on BBC Radio 4. This is his first collection.
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