Ruin, Blossom Bathhouse and Other Tanka and the daily experience of

and the daily experience of that world as reflected

for those souls wandering at daybreak

Beat poetry

the book includes a scrupulous new translation of “Metrical Spaces” by Jennifer Scappettone and a critical afterword by Andrea di Serego Alighieri

Gyms is a collection of poetry

Ruin, Blossom Bathhouse and Other Tanka and the daily experience ofJohn 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