Then

Overview

In her latest collection, Alison Brackenbury draws on her lifetime’s experience of rural England, its people, and its ways. From the lapwings of her childhood Lincolnshire to the recent floods in Gloucestershire and the signs of a changing climate, the poems reach urgently to both past and future. Keenly aware of both the beauty and the harshness of the natural world, Brackenbury reminds us of our own fragility and responsibility.

Reviews

"Her work has always been characterized by a concern with stillness and natural detail . . . and, most of all, by a quiet lyricism and delight."  —Charles Bainbridge, Guardian

"Brackenbury loves, lives, hymns, and rhymes the natural world and its people like no other poet."  —Gillian Clarke, National Poet of Wales

"Brackenbury's poetry is acute and present. Hers is a contemporary, prescient response."  —Philip Gross, poet, Deep Field

Author Biography

Alison Brackenbury is a poet with more than 30 years of experience and the author of 1829 and Singing in the Dark. She is the recipient of the Cholmondeley Award and has had her work broadcasted on BBC Radios 3 and 4.