Child Ballad by David Wheatley
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION WINTER 2023 short form these pieces shimmer and buzz

these pieces shimmer and buzz in their own instability

the great sweep of it's narrative mysterious and fateful

Jane Yeh depicts a haunting and hilarious variety of lives

Ciaran Carson is simply one of the great writers of our time

the perils of dating

Child Ballad by David Wheatley<br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION WINTER 2023</b> short form these pieces shimmer and buzzIn Child Ballad, David Wheatley's sixth collection, he explores a world transformed by the experience of parenthood. Conducting his children through landscapes of Northern Scotland, he follows pathways laid down by departed Irish missionaries and by wolves. He maps a rich territory of rivers, trees and mountains. Also present are histories, some evidenced, some no longer visible and yet to be inferred. Stylistically, Child Ballad is multifaceted,