Blossomise

Simon Armitage, Angela Harding

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Faber & Faber
18 June 2024

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; The natural world, country life & pets

A glorious collaboration between Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate and the illustrator Angela Harding, celebrating the transformations of SpringBlossomise 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 around the immovable trunk of a cherry tree, to saplings flourishing among skyscrapers and urban sprawl, the fizz and froth of the annual blossom display is explored here both as an exuberant emblem of the natural world and a nervous marker of our vulnerable climate. Commissioned by and published in collaboration with the National Trust as part of their annual Blossom programme and campaign.

By: Simon Armitage
Illustrated by: Angela Harding
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9780571388417
ISBN 10: 0571388418
Pages: 72
Publication Date: 18 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

Simon Armitage is Poet Laureate and Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. He has received numerous prizes and awards for his writing, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, 2018.Angela Harding is a fine art painter and illustrator inspired by British birds, nature and countryside.

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Blossomise

Simon Armitage, Angela Harding

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