{"product_id":"marratide-selected-poems-9781780377469","title":"Marratide: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Martin (1925-2010) was a poet of extraordinary vision and musicality.\u003c\/b\u003e Thoroughly grounded in his native North-East England, its pit communities and industry, his song-like poems nevertheless traverse a vast geographical and historical landscape ranging from deep Celtic and Anglo-Saxon sources to the mythology and sacred sites of India, via a passionate political engagement that never limits song to mere rhetoric. He also drew on children's games, ballads and street songs in poems showing both political anger and a wider concern for a society losing its common ground, its rituals and rites of passage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarratide: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e brings together poems from William Martin's four collections \u003ci\u003eCracknrigg\u003c\/i\u003e (1983) and \u003ci\u003eHinny Beata\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) from Taxus Press; and \u003ci\u003eMarra Familia\u003c\/i\u003e (1993) and \u003ci\u003eLammas Alanna\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), from Bloodaxe Books. Two comprehensive introductory essays by editors Peter Armstrong and Jake Morris-Campbell discuss the life and poetry of William Martin in this edition published to celebrate his centenary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A QR code printed in the book links to archive audio recordings of poems read (and sung) by William Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"William Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378678694069,"sku":"9781780377469","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4e8d29f7-88b5-4659-9c17-b9d2952d274a.jpg?v=1753159403","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/marratide-selected-poems-9781780377469","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}