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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIf you have any weakness for poetry at all this book will draw you in then devastate you -- Susie Goldsbrough * The Times *
Poignant …
memorable …
impressively fresh and compelling ... the reader is bound to come away from a collection like this asking what the poetry of lament
might help to teach us about the task of grieving for the threatened loss of an entire world -- Rowan Williams * New Statesman *
A magnificent reminder of the permanence of love -- Bel Mooney * Daily Mail *
The
giants of the genre are well presented … there are
discoveries aplenty … so
monumental is this anthology that one can imagine it pillowing a knight’s head on an elaborately carved marble tomb -- Anthony Gardner * Tablet *
Funny, angry and provocative …
the anthology is a success ... the editors’ introduction is
excellent –
clear, informative and thought-provoking -- Sean O’Brien * Telegraph *
