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With Signal Flare, Anthony Lawrence continues and extends the lyrical work that began with The Sleep of a Learning Man and which found sustained resonance in Bark.

Six years in the making, Signal Flare showcases many of Lawrence’s hallmark stylistic flourishes: arresting inner music, dramatic clarity, and imagery that is often ‘cinematically tactile’ (the Poetry Archive). These poems highlight a number of abiding themes and concerns: human relationships; connections between the natural world and human involvement or intervention; clear, surreal evocations of place and character, and unusual, often indelible, depictions of weather and landscape.

Signal Flare is Lawrence’s fourteenth collection of poems and contains his finest work to date.

Launch speeches and articles

• Anthony Lawrence, ‘Signal Flare’ launch by Judith Beveridge

Samples

• Anthony Lawrence, ‘Vision’