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The Feel-Good Movie of the Year

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Publisher's Synopsis

'My poor old heart, I've left its drawbridge down'

Divorced, and perhaps a little bruised, Luke Wright journeys off the sunken roads of southern England and into himself, pursued by murderous swans, empty car seats, and his father's skeleton clocks.

Both brazen and elegiac, these poems pull on the 'tidy hem' of responsible existence, unravelling the banal frustrations of online outrage and ageing friends, and grasping at something 'beyond our squeaky comprehension'. Wright files through the shackles of cynicism to ask how can we let go without giving up.

'Luke Wright is one of the greats. A poetic pugilist. Beguiling, hypnotic and master of the emotional sucker-punch. The Feel-Good Movie of the Year is his best yet.'

- Carl Barât

About the Publisher

Penned in the Margins

We published our first book, the anthology of new poets Generation Txt, in 2006. Since then we've racked up over thirty titles spanning poetry, criticism and short fiction. As well as poetry collections and anthologies, we publish a series of limited edition mini-books from the likes of Roddy Lumsden and Luke Kennard. Our books have been Longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, Highly Commended by the Forward Prizes, and featured by the likes of Time Out, The Sunday Times, The TLS, The Independent, Dazed Digital, The Culture Show and BBC Radio 3. Adventures in Form was a PBS Special Commendation and was picked by The Independent as one of its 50 Best Summer Reads. In 2013 we were voted Most Innovative Publisher by the Saboteur Awards.

Book information

ISBN: 9781908058867
Publisher: Penned in the Margins
Imprint: Penned in the Margins
Pub date:
DEWEY: 811.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 76
Weight: 184g
Height: 138mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 10mm