{"product_id":"scenes-from-a-long-sleep-new-collected-poems-expanded-edition-paperback","title":"Scenes from a Long Sleep: New \u0026 Collected Poems: Expanded Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Didsbury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished to celebrate his 80th birthday, this expanded edition of Peter Didsbury's \u003cem\u003eScenes from a Long Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) includes a later collection, \u003cem\u003eA Fire Shared\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), as well as new, previously uncollected poems. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDidsbury's staggering powers of invention, outrageous flouting of convention and subversive humour are fully and flagrantly displayed in this new collected edition of the poetry of this 'secular mystic with the lugubrious tongue' (\u003cem\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e). All the poems from \u003cem\u003eThe Butchers of Hull\u003c\/em\u003e (1982), \u003cem\u003eThe Classical Farm\u003c\/em\u003e (1987), \u003cem\u003eThat Old-Time Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (1997) and \u003cem\u003eA Natural History\u003c\/em\u003e (2003) are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Didsbury\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1946 in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He moved to Hull at the age of six, and read English and Hebrew at Oxford. After teaching English in Hull for eight years, he turned to the past for employment as well as for inspiration, becoming an archaeologist. His retrospective \u003cem\u003eScenes from a Long Sleep: New \u0026amp; Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2003) drew on three previous Bloodaxe collections, \u003cem\u003eThe Butchers of Hull\u003c\/em\u003e (1982), \u003cem\u003eThe Classical Farm\u003c\/em\u003e (1987) and \u003cem\u003eThat Old-Time Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (1994), plus a new collection, \u003cem\u003eA Natural History\u003c\/em\u003e. An expanded edition - also drawing upon a later collection, \u003cem\u003eA Fire Shared\u003c\/em\u003e (2020), along with new and previously uncollected poems - is published by Bloodaxe Books in 2026 to mark his 80th birthday. He won a Cholmondeley Award for \u003cem\u003eThe Classical Farm\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, as was \u003cem\u003eThat Old-Time Religion\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522255216947,"sku":"9781780378220","price":32.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NnstK3OXoi9781780378220.webp?v=1781968025","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/scenes-from-a-long-sleep-new-collected-poems-expanded-edition-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}