Why I No Longer Write Poems by Diana Anphimiadi, trans. By Jean Sprackland & Nadia Bukia-Peters Ted Hughes “Marked by a distinctive combination

“Marked by a distinctive combination of savagery and ennui

Their aim is to see if there’s a way of looking and a way of using language that can bring some meaning back to the world

Opportunities for partnerships on poetry events (UK only)

Their latest collaboration tells the more sombre story – in six-line rhyming stanzas – of a young lad from a Yorkshire pit village who finds himself caught up in the horrors of the First World War

just when we think Seed has turned the world upside down as far as it will go

Why I No Longer Write Poems by Diana Anphimiadi, trans. By Jean Sprackland & Nadia Bukia-Peters Ted Hughes “Marked by a distinctive combinationDiana Anphimiadi is one of the most widely revered Georgian poets of her generation. Her award winning work reflects an exceptionally curious mind and glides between classical allusions and surreal imagery. She revivifies ancient myths and tests the reality of our senses against the limits of sense. Boldly inventive, prayers appear alongside recipes, dance lessons next to definitions. Her playful, witty lyricism offers a glimpse of the eternal in the