An elegy to a lost mother, Emerald is the moving new collection from prize-winning poet Ruth Padel Here in deep earth, the blackblossom of mourning still sifting within meI remembered that emerald was my birthstone Prize-winning poet Ruth Padel s heartfelt new collection is a grief observed: an elegy for her mother on her death at the age of ninety-seven.
Featuring ten collage illustrations by the author,Helen Ivorys new poetry collectionConstructing a Witchfixes on the monstering and the scapegoating of women and on the fear of ageing femininity.
