The Butterfly House by Kathryn Bevis Hannah Lowe The poems in Winter Trees

The poems in Winter Trees were written in the last nine months of Sylvia Plath’s life

of heavenly and earthly delights

It is a mark of major achievement and a sign that there is much more to come

short and long fiction

The Butterfly House by Kathryn Bevis Hannah Lowe The poems in Winter TreesFollowing her much celebrated pamphlet, Flamingo, Kathryn Beviss debut, The Butterfly House, tells the story of a life before and after a late stage cancer diagnosis. These poems examine both life and death, encompassing experiences, terrible and sublime, as in her Forward Prize shortlisted poem, My body tells me shes filing for divorce. The collection, divided into two sections, After and Before, contrasts the ghost train of diagnosis, its spooks and