{"product_id":"shingle-street","title":"Shingle Street","description":"\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322163765630,"sku":"NW9780701188771","price":12.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780701188771.jpg?v=1778686510","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/shingle-street","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}