The Brink by Jacob Polley
Though still in his mid-twenties Jacob Polley is already in possession of a remarkably mature talent. Formally graceful, but unself-conscious, his poems come at the reader from all angles, wholly alive to the unique possibilities of their subjects - the sea, the land, the home, the very brink of things. This debut collection gives us the first opportunity to see his transforming imagination in action, where a jar of honey becomes '... the sun, all flesh and no bones / but for the floating knuckle / of the honeycomb / attesting to the nature of the struggle'.
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780330412889 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330412884 |
| Title | The Brink |
| Author | Jacob Polley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2003-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for T. S. Eliot Prize 2004 (UK), Short-listed for Forward Prize for Poetry Best First Collection 2005 (UK) |
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