Modern Fog

Chris Emery's Modern Fog is a collection of elegiac, tough-minded poems of marked originality and scope, depicting wildlife on the Norfolk Broads and a multi-storey car park with equal fluency. His art is earthy, spiritual, dreamlike, and exact, with language that is irresistible.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 72 pages
Publication date: 12 February 2024
Publisher: Arc Publications

In Modern Fog, Chris Emery showcases an exceptionally diverse poetic vocabulary, effortlessly capturing the essence of wildlife in the Norfolk Broads and the complexities of a multi-story car park. These elegiac yet resilient poems exhibit a remarkable originality and broad scope. It's as if these meticulously crafted, atmospheric, and musical poems possess the power to illuminate diverse landscapes, including seascapes, edgelands, interiors, and even a carpark. Emery's artistic prowess is a harmonious blend of earthly, spiritual, dreamlike, and precise elements. His language is often captivating, as in the following verse:

Above us, in its immaculate empire,
a bird whirrs up and saves
its eyes for the militant hour.

-Moniza Alvi

ISBN-13: 9781911469544