The Million-petalled Flower of Being Here by Vidyan Ravinthiran
PBS Summer Recommendation 2019 Lee Harwood ’ – Jonathan Edwards

’ – Jonathan Edwards

is in progress

these paint a familiar scene

from the humorous to the nostalgic

most travelled and most translated of all Welsh-language poets

The Million-petalled Flower of Being Here by Vidyan Ravinthiran <br><b>PBS Summer Recommendation 2019</b> Lee Harwood ’ – Jonathan EdwardsVidyan Ravinthirans second collection is a book of sonnets for his wife. These are love poems that turn analytical, consider the world, and in which the pronoun we aspires to stand for a larger community, including (if you like) the readers themselves. Many describe life in northern England for a mixed race couple, considering both the redemptive force of love and the cultural origins of our discontent. Brexit; racist and sexist abuse; class; our work