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THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND IBD

SHEARSMAN BOOKS
09 / 2025
9781837380039
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Sinopsis

The Things We Leave Behindágathers poemsáfrom all five of Josephine BalmerâÇÖs acclaimed volumes, excavatingáa common ground between the distant past and our contemporary world. From the universal grief that echoes down through the centuries in both her ground-breaking first collection,áChasing Catullusá(2004), and lateráLetting Goá(2017), to the mirroring of ancient exile and modern warfare ináThe Word for Sorrowá(2009), her poetry finds urgent new ways to voice âÇÖthe sound of words you canâÇÖt sayâÇÖ.áThe Paths of Survivalá(2017), shortlisted for the London Hellenic Prize and a Poetry Book of the Year ináThe Times, explores the fragility of the written word,áGhost Passageá(2022) mines the debris of everyday lives from the âÇÖdark earthâÇÖ of Roman London, rendering them fresh and familiar.áEdited and introduced by Paschalis Nikolaou, this Selected Poems alsoáincludes new verse from BalmerâÇÖs work-in-progress,áArchaeology of Home, unearthingáthe devastating effect of dementia on families past and present.áThe Things We Leave Behindáoffers new insightsáinto BalmerâÇÖs poignant and compelling work, celebrating her âÇÖnecromancerâÇÖs task of easing breath / into moss-flecked lungs of our long, long deadâÇÖ.