Tuesday, December 26, 2023

ESSENTIALS

 David Whyte. ESSENTIALS. Many Rivers, 2020.

One of my finds at Arundel Books in Seattle. I never knew Whyte was located in Washington State. My promise to myself was that every new book I bought on the trip had to be read before being shelved. I started with this one. Inspirational. My copy looks like a porcupine, with all the post-its sticking out. A poem about Kevin and the blackbirds, from a friend of Seamus Heaney. Beautiful cover too.




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PICK A COLOUR

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