An Arbitrary Light Bulb by Ian Duhig
Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice
Nina Mingya Powles where the landmarks of absence

where the landmarks of absence overfill with memories

increasing numbers of migrants

On the other hand

The anthology features specially commissioned artworks by Delaine Le Bas and Imogen Bright Moon

their birthright of speech and language skills – the babbling

An Arbitrary Light Bulb by Ian Duhig<br><b>Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Choice</b><br> Nina Mingya Powles where the landmarks of absenceAn Arbitrary Light Bulb is Ian Duhigs most personal collection of poems to date. It takes its title from the most common type of household bulb yet one whose name is virtually unknown, like many people these poems celebrate. Duhig finds in the arbitrary an image for the randomness of inspiration and of life, haunted here by deaths of family and friends. He laments the lost but also responds to the glories of our existence, especially among the