Shoulder Tap Paperback / softback
by Maurice Riordan
Paperback / softback
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE POETRY PIGOTT PRIZE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LISTOWEL WRITERS' WEEKThroughout these poems, with their roaming sense of first-person, the speakers' minds are cavernous and echoic, primal and sophisticated, observant and raw, in and out of control of themselves.
The effect is unpredictable and thrilling, at once a dark art and an illumination of unease and loss and wishfulness.
The collection features disquieting songs of a mutable self alongside poignant elegies, interior journeys and subtle (and not so subtle) ripostes to the legacy of Trumpism - while elsewhere encounters with ghostly feet and tongues of fire consort with riffs on Baudelaire, Rilke and Laforgue.
These poems twinkle with mischief and humour, making for a pungent and haunting read.
Riordan - a poet whose strong, rippling influence is felt by all in his wake - affirms his reputation at the forefront of contemporary poetry.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:72 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:05/10/2023
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- ISBN:9780571367122
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:72 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:05/10/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780571367122