The Poetry of Flowers #Winter2022 The violence of war doesn’t

The violence of war doesn’t merely decimate the physical body: it shocks into silence names

as we slip our earthly moorings and follow the circling shoal of sea voices into a mesh of sound and light and water – fluid

are more formally controlled but the repeating of first and last lines of the individual poems likewise serves to suggest the presence of an overarching unity

caesura to dream” —Lisa Robertson

It is a collection that sits on the threshold between the personal and the profound

The Poetry of Flowers #Winter2022 The violence of war doesn’tA rich collection of poetry that celebrates the beauty and symbolism of flowers. This exquisite book is a revised and updated edition of a classic collection which contains over 50 poems accompanied by beautiful illustrations of a range of different flowers. From verses celebrating the beginning of spring with the emergence of the snowdrops, daffodils, and bluebells to poems that honour the summer colour of asters, the heady scent of jasmine, and the