{"product_id":"shoulder-tap","title":"Riordan Maurice: Shoulder Tap [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE POETRY PIGOTT PRIZE IN ASSOCIATION WITH LISTOWEL WRITERS' WEEK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout these poems, with their roaming sense of first-person, the speakers' minds are cavernous and echoic, primal and sophisticated, observant and raw, in and out of control of themselves. The effect is unpredictable and thrilling, at once a dark art and an illumination of unease and loss and wishfulness. The collection features disquieting songs of a mutable self alongside poignant elegies, interior journeys and subtle (and not so subtle) ripostes to the legacy of Trumpism - while elsewhere encounters with ghostly feet and tongues of fire consort with riffs on Baudelaire, Rilke and Laforgue. These poems twinkle with mischief and humour, making for a pungent and haunting read. Riordan - a poet whose strong, rippling influence is felt by all in his wake - affirms his reputation at the forefront of contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maurice Riordan","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47102009377107,"sku":"9780571367122","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/maurice-riordan-riordan-maurice-shoulder-tap-2023-paperback-9780571367122-52273441341779.jpg?v=1695329058","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/shoulder-tap","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}