Pearl by Simon Armitage Colette Bryce and the Hours – goddesses

and the Hours – goddesses of the seasons and the natural apportioning of Time – are the presiding figures

of two goldfish left in an emptying house: touching and enchanting tales that combine bittersweet comedy with an unflinching account of human nature

now psalmic

boats sink

Here again are the intelligent

Pearl by Simon Armitage Colette Bryce and the Hours – goddessesA new version of the Middle English poem Pearl, from the acclaimed poet and translator of Gawain and the Green Knight. Simon Armitage's version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight garnered front page reviews across two continents and confirmed his reputation as a leading translator. This new work is an entrancing allegorical tale of grief and lost love, as the narrator is led on a Dantean journey through sorrow to redemption by his vanished beloved,