BLOSSOMISE (HB)

A glorious collaboration between Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and celebrated illustrator Angela Harding, celebrating the transformations of Spring. Full of energetic leaps of imagination and language, the twenty-two poems hopscotch between intense haikus that honour the Japanese traditions of the blossom festival and stand-alone lyrical pieces that encompass the tones of ballads, hymns, songs, prayers and nursery rhymes. Commissioned by the National Trust and published in partnership as part of their annual Blossom programme and campaign.