Division Street Av Helen Mort

<p><b>*SHORTLISTED FOR THE T.S ELIOT PRIZE AND COSTA POETRY AWARD 2013*</b><br><br>''A stone is lobbed in ''84, <br>hangs like a star over Orgreave. <br><i>Welcome to Sheffield</i>. Border-land,<br>our town of miracles...'' <br> - ''Scab''<br><br>From the clash between striking miners and police to the delicate conflicts in personal relationships, Helen Mort''s stunning debut is marked by distance and division. Named for a street in Sheffield, this is a collection that cherishes specificity: the particularity of names; the reflections the world throws back at us; the precise moment of a realisation. Distinctive and assured, these poems show us how, at the site of conflict, a moment of reconciliation can be born.</p>