Emerald by Ruth Padel J H Prynne Kae Tempest's new long poem

Kae Tempest's new long poem written for live performance and heard on the album release of the same name

short-listed for the T S Eliot Prize

Four of Pascale Petit's previous six collections have been shortlisted for the T

Her achievement

Emerald by Ruth Padel J H Prynne Kae Tempest's new long poemHere in deep earth, the black blossom of mourning still sifting within me I remembered that emerald was my birthstone Prize winning poet Ruth Padels heartfelt new collection is a grief observed: an elegy for her mother on her death at the age of ninety seven. Exploring the riches of emerald lore, Padel follows the glint of green green for awakening for bringing life back from the dead from memories of her mother, a naturalist, to the black honeycomb