{"product_id":"03-23-2021-randomly-moving-particles-by-andrew-motion","title":"Motion, Andrew: Randomly Moving Particles","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: March 23, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cem\u003eRandomly Moving Particles\u003c\/em\u003e is built from two long poems that form its opening and close, connected by three shorter pieces. The title poem, in a kaleidoscope of compelling scenes, engages with subjects that include migration, placement, loss, space exploration, and current British and American politics. It is a clarifying action and reaction between terra and solar system, mundanity and possibility, taking us from the grit of road surfaces to the distant glimpses of satellites. The final poem, \"How Do the Dead Walk,\" combines mythic reach with acute observation of the familiar, in order to address issues of contemporary violence. It is altogether more dreamlike, even in its tangibly military moments, grasping as it does at phantoms and intermediate plains. Andrew Motion's expansive new poetry collection is direct in its emotional appeal and ambitious in its scope, all while retaining the cinematic vision and startling expression that so freshly lit the lines of his last, \u003cem\u003eEssex Clay\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33039728377879,"sku":"9780822966555","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/am_487540a6-1f17-475f-9e4f-1d65b305a30c.gif?v=1612555143","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/03-23-2021-randomly-moving-particles-by-andrew-motion","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}