Samenleven met de dood veranderde Lieke Marsmans wereldbeeld: ze raakte geïnteresseerd in God en ufo’s
vast en los
Laced with the same politically-inflected Surrealistic fervor as Aimé Césaire
for perforated ear drums and rubbish immune systems
is marked by a remarkable combination of lyricism and abstraction
Ruin, Blossom Stranger Samenleven met de dood veranderdeJohn 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