Falling Awake (Shortlisted, 2016 TS Eliot Poetry Prize; Winner, 2016 Costa Poetry Award)

After reading this collection by Alice Oswald, it came as no surprise to learn that following her studies of Classics at Oxford, Oswald trained as a gardener. Plants, flowers, myths and legends are constant threads that run through her poems. She draws much of her inspiration from the River Dart and the folklore of the Read More