{"product_id":"selected-poems-1957-1981-by-ted-hughes","title":"'Selected Poems: 1957 - 1981' by Ted Hughes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-12\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-12\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-12\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-340\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ef3cdd7b-9385-4d1d-b934-d1af7feec41f\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"486\"\u003eLanguage dragged out of weather, mud, fur, blood.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"486\"\u003eAcross these poems, animals snarl with human intelligence, landscapes pulse with memory, and moments of stillness feel charged with threat or revelation. In Hughes’ world; the hawk is not merely a hawk, nor the fox merely a fox. Everything arrives with a physical and mythic force that seems older than civilisation itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"951\"\u003eThis selection spans some of Hughes’ most celebrated early and middle-period work, including \u003cem data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"598\"\u003eThe Thought-Fox\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"615\"\u003eHawk Roosting\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"617\" data-end=\"628\"\u003eCrow Hill\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"645\"\u003eView of a Pig\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"650\" data-end=\"662\"\u003eThe Horses\u003c\/em\u003e. Read together, they form a kind of psychic ecology. There are poems of brutality, silence, eroticism, survival and strange transcendence. Hughes remains one of the few poets capable of making nature feel utterly alive and indifferent to human moral comfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"1155\"\u003eLean, muscular and often terrifyingly precise, they occupy that rare space where lyric beauty and elemental violence become inseparable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1447\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst Faber hardback edition, 1982, with original dust jacket. Jacket remains bright and well-preserved with only minor shelf wear and light edge rubbing. Internally clean throughout with strong binding. A handsome early collected Hughes edition spanning twenty-four years of work.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44646717849683,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-22T083837.164.png?v=1779403141","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/selected-poems-1957-1981-by-ted-hughes","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}