Dwell by Simon Armitage chatto & windus There’s always a fire to

There’s always a fire to stand around

everyone is scarred & replete with teeth but everyone is worthy of Redemption it just depends how

the menopause

writing “between/ The time of the word/ And the time/ When/ A word/Is devoured”

intimate and confiding whilst patting the pocket where it keeps its secrets

Dwell by Simon Armitage chatto & windus There’s always a fire toThis gorgeously illustrated collection of poems illuminates and reimagines the ingenious, fragile dwellings of the living creatures around us. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage was inspired to write these poems by the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, an ambitious restoration project where history and mystery combine. The reawakened landscape with its woods, meadows and "jungle' offers a bustling, fertile realm for all sorts of creatures to inhabit.