These poems act like short, sharp surprises. They can be oblique and then unravel with raw clarity, a strong and emotional openness pervading their deceptively simple structures. Coggin's strange and singular voice is recognisably English and even colloquial, but with a sophistication and love of imagery, even mystery. This is her first collection, and showcases not only her range but her unique relationship with memory, her presence in each poem more breathlike than embodied, and no less substantial for that.
- ISBN10 184694547X
- ISBN13 9781846945472
- Publish Date 25 March 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Hunt Publishing
- Imprint Zero Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 50
- Language English