{"title":"Will Burns","description":"\u003cp\u003eWill Burns writes with a deep sensitivity to the natural world, offering insights that blend cultural practices with environmental awareness. His work, including titles like \u003cem\u003eNatural Burial Ground\u003c\/em\u003e, explores the intersection of tradition and ecology, inviting readers to reconsider how we engage with life’s final journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the Arts \u0026amp; Culture sphere, Burns’ books provide thoughtful reflections on rituals and landscapes, making them compelling for those interested in the evolving relationship between humanity and nature. Expect clear, empathetic prose that honours both history and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"natural-burial-ground-by-will-burns-9781472158062","title":"Natural Burial Ground","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Will Burns is a soulful English poet of the kind we don't make enough of' Max Porter\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his beautiful, evocative new collection, \u003ci\u003eNatural Burial Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, Will Burns explores his deep interest in place and the natural world to excavate the emotional impact of grief and loss. \u003ci\u003eNatural Burial Ground\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns melancholy and musical, haunting and deeply empathetic, a collection that wrestles with the scope and heft of elegy, while retaining the poet's world-weary humour and range of imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is throughout a sense of 'home' as unsettled, or unsettling – the landscapes of the Home Counties and of the Channel Islands – the very concept of islands themselves, becoming changed, haunted, in the wake of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTime seeps into the soil of \u003ci\u003eNatural Burial Ground\u003c\/i\u003e. Reckoning with profound grief, and a country rife with 'Restrictions, recriminations . . .' – the poet finds the past visible everywhere on these grounds, where places come loaded with meaning across time – the deep past of archaeology, the weight of the personal-present, the reticent, uncertain future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn poems alive with familiar wildlife and the communities they move among – seabirds on the wing, the fishermen's daily catch – \u003ci\u003eNatural Burial Ground\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to our connections to landscapes, to family, the impact of climate change, pop music, wildlife and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597296517356,"sku":"9781472158062","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781472158062-natural-burial-ground.jpg?v=1777948904"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/will-burns.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}