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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR POETRY 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S. ELIOT PRIZE FOR POETRY 2022With Sonnets for Albert, Anthony Joseph returns to the autobiographical material explored in his earlier collection Bird Head Son. In this follow-up, he weighs the impact of being the son of an absent, or mostly absent, father, Though these poems threaten to break under the weight of their emotions, they are always masterfully poised as the stylish man they depict.






Being Alive
Dog Poems
Words the Turtle Taught Me
Floss
Luck Is the Hook
States of Happiness
Angela
New and Selected Poems. Volume One