<p><b><i>&lsquo;I became fatherless at 26 and a father</i></b><br><b><i>at 35 and whenever I look out</i></b><br><br><b><i>the living room window I feel myself</i></b><br><b><i>become the child left alone in the house&rsquo;</i></b><br><br>Centred around two lyric poems on imminent fatherhood and the birth of a child, Signs, <i>Music</i> is a book about masculinity, fatherhood, and love.

The speaker, looking backwards to his late father and forwards to his new son, prepares to become a parent for the first time. Meditating on the cognitive and emotional dissonances between the &lsquo;hypothetical&rsquo; and the &lsquo;real&rsquo; of becoming a father, this irreversible transition causes the poet&rsquo;s &lsquo;lines [to] lead towards my father (again!)&rsquo;.<br><br>Charting the ways parenthood disrupts the poet&rsquo;s sense of self, and how the pain of the past triggers fears of &lsquo;fatherly failure&rsquo;, Signs, <i>Music</i> is a staggeringly profound collection from one of Britain&rsquo;s most adept poets writing today.</p>


Format Häftad Omfång 96 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Pan Macmillan Utgivningsdatum 2024-09-12 ISBN 9781035020850