{"product_id":"9780701188771-shingle-street","title":"Shingle Street","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet along the Suffolk coast, this book includes opening poems that address a receding world - an eroding landscape, 'abashed by the ocean's passion'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘A cul-de-sac, a dead-end track,\u003cbr\u003eA sandbanked strand to sink a fleet,\u003cbr\u003eA bay, a bar, a strip, a trap, \u003cbr\u003eA wrecking ground, that’s Shingle Street.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlake Morrison’s first two collections, \u003ci\u003eDark Glasses\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) and \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of a Yorkshire Ripper\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) established him as one of our most inventive and accomplished contemporary poets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his first full-length collection for nearly thirty years, \u003ci\u003eShingle Street\u003c\/i\u003e sees a return to the form with which he started his career. Set along the Suffolk coast, the opening poems address a receding world – an eroding landscape, ‘abashed by the ocean’s passion’. But coastal life gives way to other, more dangerous, vistas: a wave unleashes a flood-tide of terror; a sequence of topical poems lays bare pressing political issues; while elsewhere portraits of the past bring forth the dear and the departed.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArdent and elegiac, and encompassing an impressive range of mood and method, this is a timely offering from a poet of distinct talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943503310945,"sku":"9780701188771","price":6.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32397036.jpg?v=1739252945","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780701188771-shingle-street","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}