Ruin, Blossom Stranger During the lockdown of 2020/21

During the lockdown of 2020/21

relishing the pleasure of slow

Step to the window is an elliptical and

She called this the Property Journal

Wærness has written a monstrous book about spirit

Ruin, Blossom Stranger During the lockdown of 2020/21John Burnside In this powerful, moving book, John Burnside takes his cue from Schiller, who recognised that, as one thing fades, so another flourishes: everywhere and always, in matters great and small, new life blossoms amongst the ruins. Here, in poems that explore ageing, mortality, environmental destruction and mental illness, Burnside not only mourns what is lost in passing, but also celebrates the new, and sometimes unexpected, forms that emerge