{"product_id":"votive-mess-9781780377155","title":"Votive Mess","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eVotive Mess\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of small rebellions against systems of exhaustion and alienation, tracing Welsh poet Nia Davies' efforts to a lost mother tongue, \u003cem\u003ey iaith Gymraeg\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eembracing lingual brambles and shabby theatre to assemble fragments gleaned from the rubble of Babel.\u003c\/b\u003e In these poems, there are love letters drowsy and excessive as well as uncanny happenings on stage and in the woods. \u003cem\u003eVotive Mess\u003c\/em\u003e is composed out of a tangle of sex, leaf, stumbles on stage, damage, blackberries and dyslexia. There is a discharge of \u003cem\u003eAwen\u003c\/em\u003e, otherwise known as \u003cem\u003epoesis\u003c\/em\u003e. The navel of the dream is inside out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNia Davies' second collection follows her startling debut \u003cem\u003eAll fours\u003c\/em\u003e, emerging from an immersion in performance and ritual. The poems trace a path through the peaks and troughs of performance, bouncing between enchantment and disenchantment. These works are studies in the altered states of travel, masks, comedy, learning and love. Nia Davies' first full-length collection, \u003cem\u003eAll fours\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2017), was shortlisted for the Roland Mathias Poetry Award 2018 (Wales Book of the Year Awards) and longlisted for the 2019 Michael Murphy Memorial Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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 12\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Nia Davies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44848936747189,"sku":"9781780377155","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_41bd1d82-4108-4ed4-aa50-7b669788f7a4.jpg?v=1732634335","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/votive-mess-9781780377155","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}