Randomly Moving Particles

Hardback

Main Details

Title Randomly Moving Particles
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sir Andrew Motion
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:120
Dimensions(mm): Height 225,Width 147
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780571352081
ClassificationsDewey:821.92
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 1 October 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Andrew Motion's expansive new collection is built around two long poems that form its opening and close. The title poem, in a kaleidoscope of compelling scenes, engages with subjects that include migration, placement, loss, space exploration and current British and American politics. The more straightforwardly narrative poem, 'How Do the Dead Walk', while reaching back to immemorial stories of brutality, addresses issues of contemporary violence. The book is direct in its emotional appeal, ambitious in its scope, all the while retaining the cinematic vision and startling expression that so freshly lit the lines of his last, Essex Clay.

Author Biography

Andrew Motion was UK Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009 and is co-founder of the online Poetry Archive. In 2015 he was appointed Homewood Professor in the Arts at Johns Hopkins University; he lives in Baltimore.