Jean Sprackland

An exhilarating leap into darkness in all its forms, enchantments and history- the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean Sprackland 'Elegant and deeply sensory' Katherine May, author of Wintering An exhilarating leap into darkness in all its forms, enchantments and history- the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean Sprackland Darkness can make...

A book-length sequence of poems about place, time, illness and recovery from award-winning Jean Sprackland. Each of the three sections in Goyle, Chert, Mire focuses on one of the distinctive elements characteristic of the Blackdown Hills—a little-known, sparsely populated area straddling the border between Somerset and Devon—and in particular the remote springline valley where the author lives. In this unique...