Of Sea By Elizabeth-Jane Burnett The Gallery Press the precariousness of memory

the precariousness of memory

'Prophets is a narrative poem of sheer power

and a reminder of the extraordinary endurance and heroism of the Soviet people during a war in which we were allies against Nazi Germany

‘Green noise’ is the mid-frequency component of white noise – what some have called the background noise of the world – and these poems listen for what is audible

Combining close-up readings of his writings with the story of his brief but teeming existence

Of Sea By Elizabeth-Jane Burnett The Gallery Press the precariousness of memoryA remarkable new book in praise of marine fauna. Of Sea takes the form of a poetic bestiary of creatures living beneath, beside and above the water: in wetlands, salt marshes and the intertidal zone. In a sequence of 46 poems, Burnett captures the world of cockles and clams, rare moths and the humble earwig (to name a few) with a precise and dynamic lyric that seems always on the verge of music. 'Burnett is one of the UK's most original poets of the