Ruin, Blossom Fourth Person Singular In her first full-length poetry

In her first full-length poetry collection

political and aesthetic liberty

political upswell

‘a massive song sung / at the port'

the poems presented here seek to revisit and challenge foundational narratives

Ruin, Blossom Fourth Person Singular In her first full-length poetryJohn 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