In the Shadow of the Yew by John Barnie Marosa di Giorgio The poems are accompanied by

The poems are accompanied by drawings inspired by the ancient Sumerian images

in which the familiar Western canons of art

Published by the Gallery Press

remove exhaustion from groans

A biological cartography of the effects of trauma and silence

In the Shadow of the Yew by John Barnie Marosa di Giorgio The poems are accompanied byIn a tight sequence of 33 poems, In the Shadow of the Yew, John Barnie leads us through the cemetery of hopes (Conrad). A layered monologue in a distinctive voice that is incisive and deeply questioning, Barnie asks whether the suffering of humanity and the suffering we inflict renders our species a curse. better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun. says the writer of Ecclesiastes, and