Ruin, Blossom Fourth Person Singular ‘a massive song sung /

‘a massive song sung / at the port'

political upswell

political and aesthetic liberty

Shaped prose is a form that works the "little edges" of lyric and discourse

Wolf’s debut collection won the Peter Huchel Prize in 2006—she was its youngest recipient

Ruin, Blossom Fourth Person Singular ‘a massive song sung /John 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