The Police
Daniel Poppick
Book • 2017
The Police is a poetry collection by Daniel Poppick that continues his interest in the interplay between language, social life, and lyric form.
The poems often register moments of cultural oddity and personal reflection, using precise, sometimes sly diction to complicate familiar scenes.
Poppick's poetic sensibility merges formal inventiveness with an ear for speech, producing work that is at once funny, keen, and attentive to moral nuance.
Across the collection, he interrogates how institutions and language shape experience, frequently turning to small domestic or civic details to illuminate broader concerns.
The book reinforces Poppick's standing in contemporary poetry through its craft and thematic reach.
The poems often register moments of cultural oddity and personal reflection, using precise, sometimes sly diction to complicate familiar scenes.
Poppick's poetic sensibility merges formal inventiveness with an ear for speech, producing work that is at once funny, keen, and attentive to moral nuance.
Across the collection, he interrogates how institutions and language shape experience, frequently turning to small domestic or civic details to illuminate broader concerns.
The book reinforces Poppick's standing in contemporary poetry through its craft and thematic reach.
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