{"product_id":"domestic","title":"Domestic","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomestic is Mervyn Holzer’s first published collection of poems, chosen from across a period of roughly twenty-five years. The selection is based on a loose coherence around the implications of the book’s title.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are low-key pieces spoken plainly but with flashes of a colourful imagination and painterly eye. They are mainly in the lyrical tradition of so-called ‘true’ poetry (exemplified by Thomas Hardy, Edward Thomas, and Philip Larkin - poetry that strives for emotional integrity while paying due attention to the craft). Nevertheless, Holzer’s poems have a modern sensibility and a hint of comic irony. And they openly acknowledge that these days, poetry emerges between the cracks of a workaday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507674390901,"sku":"9781806347353","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/domestic","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}