Spiritlands by Sarah Wardle Michael Murphy Memorial Prize 2017 These are poems of great

These are poems of great personal force connecting our aspirations with our humanity

21st-century medium feels revolutionary

focusing our attention on the joys of family and art

off-kilter observation and deadpan humour

in which violent acts against women continue to be perpetrated on a daily – hourly – basis

Spiritlands by Sarah Wardle Michael Murphy Memorial Prize 2017 These are poems of greatSpiritlands invites you into a territory that is at once individual and plural. On the one hand, this is poetry about a personal geography, an eclectic landscape, space in which to be oneself; on the other, these are poems all about hope, life and nature, about belonging to the whole world and asserting ones right to a place and voice in it. Spiritlands gives us a vivid account of the poets grandfathers injuries in the First World War. Despite