Selected Poems by Jacob Polley
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Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Autumn 2026 Deborah Alma Wish You Were Here (2013)

Wish You Were Here (2013) and 24 HOURS (2014)

but ultimately the title identifies the abortion which Imelda will have in a Brixton clinic

or a flower shop

Her delighted responses - in particular to the natural world - serve to peel away the film of familiarity through which we usually gaze

Selected Poems by Jacob Polley <br> PRE-ORDER <br><b>Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Autumn 2026</b> Deborah Alma Wish You Were Here (2013)Published 13 August 2026 Jacob Polley's Selected Poems looks back across his garlanded twenty year career, showcasing the very best of his writing. Jacob has published five collections of poetry and a novel ' his fourth collection, 2016's Jackself, won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2016, which the judges called 'a firework of a book, inventive, exciting and outstanding in its imaginative range and depth of feeling.'