{"product_id":"naked-oyster-by-poppy-cockburn","title":"Naked Oyster by Poppy Cockburn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaked Oyster\u003c\/em\u003e, the debut collection by Poppy Cockburn – author of pamphlets such as\u003cem\u003e Liquid Crystal Lovesick Demon \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003efeed notes\u003c\/em\u003e – gathers 100-odd of her pithiest, prettiest and most coruscating poems. A specialist of the aphorism, the two-to-four liner in her hands is turned like a joke, a curse, a mirror, a glowstick, a dart; precision and point hasn’t achieved this density-per-inch since the Roman eprigrammists of the 2nd Century. Sly, sensual, comely, cruel, in the space of a few seconds each poem manages to be intro, outro, seduction and farewell in one. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovember 2025\u003cbr\u003e120pp\u003cbr\u003eCover design by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.alice-ray.com\/\"\u003eAlice Ray\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTypesetting by O Tong\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"If a Leaf Falls Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57810493243774,"sku":"9781068741128","price":13.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1331\/9925\/files\/IMG_9793.jpg?v=1786016622","url":"https:\/\/www.poetrybooks.co.uk\/products\/naked-oyster-by-poppy-cockburn","provider":"The Poetry Book Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}