Blossomise Author Surname:Armitage A widower awaits the return

A widower awaits the return of his wife

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This gorgeously illustrated collection of poems illuminates and reimagines the ingenious

Blossomise Author Surname:Armitage A widower awaits the returnBlossomise' celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its melancholy disappearance. Full of energetic leaps of imagination and language, the twenty two poems hopscotch between intense momentary haikus that honour the Japanese traditions of the blossom festival and stand alone lyrical pieces that take in the stylistic tones of ballads, hymns, songs, prayers and nursery rhymes. From a crashed Ford Capri wrapped