Poetry: Passion - by David Morley

Ecologist and poet David Morley’s new, supercharged collection, Passion, focuses on love, nature, and Romany Traveller life and language through storytelling and speech.

Drawing on Romany language, storytelling and the speech of birds, these poems look at climate change and environmental devastation from the perspectives of the margins, Morley unpacks experiences of growing up in two worlds, Romany and English, touching on themes including domestic violence and childhood trauma.

Women are central to, and celebrated throughout, the collection, from their stories in Romany camps to world-shaping discoveries by female scientists.

Reviews

‘Morley’s trademark fusion of Romani and English “Angloromani” forges
afresh his lyric gifts’ — SINÉAD MORRISSEY

‘Each of his books opens up new areas of information and imagination.
He makes the world larger’ — MICHAEL SCHMIDT

About the author

David Morley is an ecologist and naturalist by background. He studied Zoology at the University of Bristol and pursued research on acid rain. His awards for poetry include The Ted Hughes Award and a Cholmondeley Award.

His last poetry collection FURY was a Poetry Book Society Choice and shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection.

David is a Professor of Creative Writing at Warwick University and a Fellow of The Royal Society of
Literature.

Published by Carcanet Press on the 29th May, 2025. Oder a copy direct from the publisher or through your local bookshop: Home - Carcanet Press

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