The Empire Of Forgetting - John Burnside

A Powerful Exploration Of Life And Death, Illness And Grace, Wonder And Beauty, In The Posthumous Collection From One Of Our Greatest Contemporary Poets 'its Impossible Not To Love The World More When Reading Burnside' Guardian 'a Master Of Language' Hilary Mantel John Burnsides Last Collection Of Poems Gathers Around A Single Theme Mortality And Draws On His Faltering Health And Earlier Glances With Death, Creating A Powerfully Moving Exploration Of Memory, Forgetting And The Seven Ages. Here, As Always, There Is A Clear-eyed Curiosity; A Sense Of Wonder At The Beleaguered Natural World And Its Endless Mutability Its Hidden Beauty, Often Suddenly Disclosed And A Deep Faith In Its Old Gods. Burnside Was Always As Much A Spirit-guide As A Poet, And Here, In The Empire Of Forgetting, We Are Never Far From A Fresh Alertness To The World, To Epiphany A Sudden, Spiritual Manifestation.