Over the Moon

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Imtiaz Dharker was born in Pakistan, grew up a Muslim Calvinist in a Lahori household in Glasgow, was adopted by India and married into Wales. Her main themes are drawn from a life of transitions: childhood, exile, journeying, home, displacement, religious strife and terror, and latterly, grief. She is also an accomplished artist, and all her collections are illustrated with her drawings, which form an integral part of her books. Over the Moon is her fifth book from Bloodaxe. These are poems of joy and sadness, of mourning and celebration: poems about music and feet, church bells, beds, café t.;Cover; Description; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Like that only; Taal; Bombil, Bumla, Bummalo; Jurassic; Number 106; Hiraeth, Old Bombay; Wild; Gobstopper; Brookhouse; In Wales, wanting to be Italian; Not for the Vroom Vroom Vroom; Waiting for Crossrail; The first sight of the train; Rapt; The City; Undone; The Appointment; Watching the water; The cranes; Jewel-box; Alan or David or John; The day the marks made sense; Wean; Ghazals on the Grundig, Pingling in Pollokshields; Nicked; Speech balloon; Meanwhile at the Irani Bakery; Mumbai? Kissmiss?; Signs of life. Cover Description Title Page Dedication Epigraph Contents Like that only Taal Bombil, Bumla, Bummalo Jurassic Number 106 Hiraeth, Old Bombay Wild Gobstopper Brookhouse In Wales, wanting to be Italian Not for the Vroom Vroom Vroom Waiting for Crossrail The first sight of the train Rapt The City Undone The Appointment Watching the water The cranes Jewel-box Alan or David or John The day the marks made sense Wean Ghazals on the Grundig, Pingling in Pollokshields Nicked Speech balloon Meanwhile at the Irani Bakery Mumbai? Kissmiss? Signs of life. Don't Miss Out! Book Right Now for the Journey of a Lifetime!It doesn't matter At Smithfield, waiting to get in True Chiller All-night café Night shift Christmas Eve on the Number 4 I take Gift Ace Café A hundred and one Un salon con mil ventanas Talker Wiped Listener Stab You said something I did not understand Vigil Vroom After The other side of silence The closed door Rinse cycle Medium Presence The unwritten bed Recording uninterrupted Murmuration Passport photo Disappeared Threshold Late Ephemeral (Untitled) Spin Palimpsest When the copperplate cracks. KozoDigital Nefertiti in the prison block Trace Screen-saver The Conversation I swear Swing Swan for Christmas Invisible Passing 1977 Litter Say his name Listening Fair copy A century later Drummer Midnight, Christmas Eve London Bells First words One foot Acknowledgements Biographical note Copyright.