{"product_id":"migrations-by-dominic-fisher","title":"Migrations by Dominic Fisher","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e… I’m homesick for a coast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI don’t know, harbours of absence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ewhose dialect is long on the tongue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eas the catch comes home\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e(from \u003cb\u003eExile variations\u003c\/b\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eDominic Fisher, our latest Blueprint poet, lives in Bristol. He has been widely published: his first poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Ladies and Gentlemen of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, came out with The Blue Nib in 2019. His second, \u003ci\u003eA Customised Selection of Fireworks\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Shoestring Press in 2022. The poems in \u003ci\u003eMigrations \u003c\/i\u003econtain themes of language and belonging, from the ‘rambling melodies’ of migrating geese (\u003cb\u003eThe Languages of Geese\u003c\/b\u003e) to ‘a lover whose words vanish on waking’ (\u003cb\u003eThe parting glass\u003c\/b\u003e) and the inspiring narrative of \u003cb\u003eNura \u003c\/b\u003ewhose journey from Ethiopia to England involves a string of languages encountered en route. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eThe poems are skilful, structured and lyrical, with the clarity of form enhancing the emotion they express, whether this is anger at the small mindedness and faux patriotism of our times (\u003cb\u003eAnthem for a shrunken island\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eMigrations\u003c\/b\u003e) or tenderness for our human frailty (\u003cb\u003eCrossings\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSubdural haematoma\u003c\/b\u003e). The natural world accompanies the poet, speaking its own language (\u003cb\u003eForms of Water\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eA rough guide to the dialect\u003c\/b\u003e). This is a delicate and fierce set of poems, not to be missed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blueprint Poetry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57301809365374,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1331\/9925\/files\/1780914022.png?v=1780914123","url":"https:\/\/www.poetrybooks.co.uk\/products\/migrations-by-dominic-fisher","provider":"The Poetry Book Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}