EAN: 9781787330856

ASSURANCES - J O MORGAN KARTONIERT (TB)

**WINNER OF THE COSTA POETRY AWARD 2018****SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST
COLLECTION**A war-poem both historic and frighteningly topical  Assurances begins in the 1950s
during a period of vigilance and dread in the middle of the Cold War: the long stand-off
between nuclear powers  where the only defence was the threat of mutually assured
destruction.Using a mix of versed and unversed passages  Morgan places moments of calm
reflection alongside the tensions inherent in guarding against such a permanent threat. A work
of variations and possibilities  we hear the thoughts of those involved who are trying to
understand and justify their roles. We examine the lives of civilians who are not aware of the
impending danger  as well as those who are. We listen to the whirring minds of machines  to the
voice of the bomb itself. We spy on enemy agents: always there  always somewhere close at
hand.Assurances is an intimate  dramatic work for many voices: lyrical  anxious  fragmentary
and terrifying  a poem about the nuclear stalemate  the deterrent that is still in place today:
how it works and how it might fail  and what will vanish if it does.

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