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ISBN: 9781784632601
Extent: 136pp
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 15-Oct-22
Publication Status: Forthcoming
Series: Salt Modern Poets
Subject: Poetry
Trim Size: 198 x 129mm

Forthcoming

The Jazz Age

Synopsis

Semmens’ startling new collection is a sequence of surreal fantasies in which famous figures from (mostly) the past – sometimes singly, sometimes in unlikely pairings – make incongruous, anachronistic appearances in modern settings and situations, or in episodes from times not their own. Incongruous and laugh-out-loud funny, the poems delight the reader, yet much darker elements are at play.

Praise for Previous Work

‘Aidan Semmens is a poet who has always been fearless in confronting the plight of the world with its disturbed ways and this volume is no exception.’ —Geraldine Monk

‘There’s an exuberance of the poet in full stride. Typically, the phrasing and imagery are seductive and of the physical world being lived. Learning is carried lightly, erudition not pushed at the reader but drawn into the lyricism.’ —Kelvin Corcoran

‘What runs through this book, like Brighton rock, is a traditional, yet questioning, and taut lyricism, a poetry of argument in the voice of smouldering outrage.’ —Simon Smith

Collections: All, New Books 2022, Salt Modern Poets

Category: Extent: 136pp, Format: Paperback, Publication Date: 15-Oct-22, Publication Status: Forthcoming, Series: Salt Modern Poets, Subject: Poetry, Trim Size: 198 x 129mm