"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 the landscapes they record -
by turn harsh and tender, humorous and bleak. Dynamic, darkly
humorous, and exactingly detailed, they invite the reader into a
rich and complex world.
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