The Matter by Padraig Regan
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Poetry Book Society Choice Autumn 2026 Pan Macmillan Vladimir Mayakovsky and others

Vladimir Mayakovsky and others

cleanly-made poems offers some particular pleasure: a delicate reflection

where ‘we are found: / the gannets are white flares / hitting the water / under a fishbone sky’

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The Matter by Padraig Regan <br> PRE-ORDER <br><b>Poetry Book Society Choice Autumn 2026</b> Pan Macmillan Vladimir Mayakovsky and othersPublished 24 September 2026 Following on from their decorated debut, which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2022 and won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry 2023, Padraig Regan's The Matter deepens the ekphrastic concerns of their previous work, directing their gaze towards naturally occurring objects. Divided into three parts of lyrical abundance 'Animal, Mineral and Vegetable' the parts are linked by their