Search Party
published 21st March 2019 by Picador
The poems in Search Party explore moments just out of reach, memories blurred, stories half-heard, and the small, often overlooked details that shape our understanding of the world.
Many of the poems in this collection explore attempts to repair severed connections, or to forge links never properly established: from a child’s reaction to being denied a responsive gaze, to a footballer’s sublime (if optimistic) pass to a teammate – these poems address the nature of the distances between us.
Featured Poem
an excerpt from 'Search Party'
First Night Home
Despite the rain, like gravel,
the gardensful of air hurled
at walls, forced down the brickwind
instrument of the chimney,
this house will not crumble.
We know this, yet we quail -
for we have brought home fear
all bundled. And only
this aching, anchoring
vigilance for a shield.
