Ruin, Blossom Fourth Person Singular The Anathemata is more obviously

The Anathemata is more obviously a poem

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

In her first full-length poetry collection

political upswell

‘a massive song sung / at the port'

Ruin, Blossom Fourth Person Singular The Anathemata is more obviouslyJohn 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