Pomona's Orchard by Adrian Blamires Layli Long Soldier surprising verse across nearly four

surprising verse across nearly four decades of writing

asking – are they fit for purpose

emotional depth and intellectual bravery

This is a timeless debut: wise

and in the varied silences of human and divine relationships

Pomona's Orchard by Adrian Blamires Layli Long Soldier surprising verse across nearly fourPomona's Orchard, Adrian Blamires' third collection, is dedicated to the arts of peace. Its tutelary spirits include Caliban tending to the dying Prospero, a great aunt rescuing cats and dogs in the Blitz, the enlightened schoolmaster to an orphaned John Keats, and Pomona, Roman goddess of fruitful propagation, as the genius loci of a Herefordshire orchard. Miracles of love and healing are conjured in the face of violence and rapacity. Lament and