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Straight Ahead

by Clare Shaw - £7.95  Bloodaxe Books Ltd (2006)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9781852247508 | ISBN 10: 1852247509

Straight Ahead is Clare Shaw's first collection. Firmly located in the social and physical landscape of Northern England, the poems capture intimacy, loss, fragmentation and delight - being alive in all its colours. The book follows the trajectory of a life through childhood, breakdown and love, recording on the way the million sufferings and hopes of everyday life.
 
The poems move rapidly between contrasting experiences and emotions, from violence to madness, yet are held together by Clare Shaw's ever-present love of language, her celebration of sound, rhythm and imagery. These are poems which are - like the lives and landscapes they record - by turns harsh and tender, humourous and bleak. Dynamic, darkly humourous, and exactingly detailed, they invite the reader into a rich and complex world.

"Hold your breath when you read Clare Shaw's poems. Startling, searing, scorching, this is an emotional blast of a book."
(Jackie Kay)

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