The Half Healed

TitleThe Half Healed
Year for Search2008
AuthorsRoberts, Michael Symmons(b. 1969)
Date Published2008
PublisherCape Poetry
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

A sequence of poems, many previously published or broadcast, depicting the dystopia of contemporary violence. “Last Words” which appears twelve different poems throughout the text, are abbreviated telephone calls on 9/11 and were commission by BBC Radio 4 to mark the anniversary of the attacks.

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Author Note

(b. 1969)

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2008 Roberts, Michael Symmons (b. 1969). The Half Healed. London: Cape Poetry. PPiU

A sequence of poems, many previously published or broadcast, depicting the dystopia of contemporary violence. “Last Words” which appears twelve different poems throughout the text, are abbreviated telephone calls on 9/11 and were commission by BBC Radio 4 to mark the anniversary of the attacks.