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‘A source of uncompromising elemental warmth’ Ali Smith
By turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in flux, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embed us in the present. Werewolves, sirens and dreams make their appearance, as do various forms of animal life and fragments of our damaged environment.
Dearly is a pure Atwood delight, and long-term readers and new fans alike will treasure its insight, empathy and humour.
BOOK OF THE YEAR OBSERVER, FINANCIAL TIMES







The Empty Hill; memories and praises of Paul Evans (1945 -1991)
States of Happiness
Gold from the Stone
Over the Moon
New and Selected Poems. Volume One
Words the Turtle Taught Me
Comic Poems
Six Vowels and Twenty Three Consonants: An Anthology of Persian Poetry from Ruda
The Tamarit Poems
Short Days, Long Shadows
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Dog Poems
Ten Bedtime Poems (Volume Two) (Edited by Germaine Greer)
Milk and Honey
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
Pretend You Don't Know Me
I May Be Stupid But I'm Not That Stupid