{"product_id":"dirt-rich-by-graeme-richardson","title":"Dirt Rich by Graeme Richardson","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Dirt Rich, Graeme Richardson digs deep into his past, from a childhood in the Nottinghamshire coalfield, to the hatch\/match\/dispatch duties of a Church of England priest, to work in an Archaeology Department in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are grounded, earthy poems - Born in a mess, we die in a mess“ and here is the dirt we dish, the mud we sling, the treasure we bury. Love and loss are treated with humour and startling frankness. Here are life's trade-offs \"do we choose love or knowledge, faith or the void, time or eternity? Move on or hoard what you have, you can't do both, and each will bring a different sort of grief: Why do I wish away \/ time I want to stand still?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut in coalmines and churchyards and fossil-hunting digs, the hope of resurrection persists. As a well-known poetry critic, Richardson has always championed poetry of intensity and music. These are poems of personality and beauty, to be learnt by heart and taken to heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56846156071294,"sku":"9781800175341","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1331\/9925\/files\/1769168150_162e2dcc-1f3e-4274-a472-9aab481e4656.jpg?v=1769173348","url":"https:\/\/www.poetrybooks.co.uk\/products\/dirt-rich-by-graeme-richardson","provider":"The Poetry Book Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}