One Language

By Anastasia Taylor-Lind

One Language is a remarkable debut collection. From the perspective of a female photojournalist, these concise but complex and insightful poems draw on first-hand experience of war to explore how damage is generated and perpetuated. The book's title expresses the contradiction between the lingua franca of photography and the equally universal language of violence. One Language comes to an understanding of personal history and global conflict in poetry that is as immediate and evocative as the most urgent of dispatches.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Poetry Business
• Release date: Feb 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781914914119

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One Language

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Published 2022 by The Poetry Business

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54 Campo Lane,

Sheffield S1 2EG

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Copyright © Anastasia Taylor-Lind 2022

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ISBN 978-1-914914-10-2

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The Poetry Business gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Council England.

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For my heroic and brilliant Mum

Contents

Rewind

1st Nat Geo Assignment

Editing

Field Notes

October 27th 2020, 7am

09.05

11.36

14.15

16.00

16.57

17.21

17.45

18.10

22.30

Stories

Ajdabiya

Al Hikma Hospital

Welcome to Donetsk

In a town recently re-taken by the army

Translating Cause of Death

Shooting

Stories No One Wants To Hear

i–xii

Spring 1941

Spring 2011

Acknowledgements

Captions

Rewind

It’s 9/11 the first time you stay.

In the morning you bring Taliban poems back to bed.

I drink cardamom