Contained by David Turner

Contained is David’s first full collection of poetry, published by Hesterglock Press. The book is available as audio here - https://soundcloud.com/david-turner-poetry/sets/contained

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Here’s the blurb - Constantly interrogating and evaluating its scenery, ‘Contained’ investigates how the partitions within our heads resemble the walls around us. How opaque these walls seem from inside — how windows offer no relief. Incorporating image, object and audio, the poems pronounce uncertainty of truth and memory, then ask whether we need certainty.

Medication-as-poison; romantic body horror; myriad ways of drowning; these are a few of the inhabitants within. But not content to lie down inside its confines, the collection explores how those of us connected by its themes find ways to call to each other through the walls. Dealing with solitude and loss, it is as much about connection, survival and hope — about continuing through the tunnel without being sure of a light at the end.