{"product_id":"afterburn-9781784746032","title":"Afterburn","description":"\u003ci\u003eHere you are, on the balcony, \u003cbr\u003e the sea serenading you, \u003cbr\u003e the sun with its armful of light.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Afterburn, his first collection since Shingle Street (2015), the renowned life writer Blake Morrison returns to poetry, his first calling, to offers scenes from his own life and the lives of others. In psychology, 'afterburn' refers to the period of time before a past event is assimilated: an idea that resonates through these poems - which themselves linger after reading - about memories and our human attempts to articulate, shape or contain them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Revisiting past and alternate selves, the poet dives back into the unassuming stream of our dailiness, to see with new eyes the turning points in a lifetime's accidental course. What holds these wise, touching, joyful poems together are the small intimacies that bind us to others, under time's lengthening shadow: 'you moved too fast for me to catch you \/ and so did the years.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Playful, charming, sometimes rakishly so, Afterburn nevertheless reveals an open, and vulnerable, heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chatto \u0026amp; Windus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784746032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Blake Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52259640443061,"sku":"9781784746032","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d4792302-09d0-48f1-97b2-11d638820c53.jpg?v=1771342602","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/afterburn-9781784746032","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}