The Bee Travels in Dark Times - Jeni Williams

Choose a honeyed place to make a harbour... In her second poetry collection, Jeni Williams searches for sweetness in bitter times. In an uncertain and fractured world, cities shudder to smoking ruin; the lost and confused call out across hospital corridors; and too-small shoes come apart in the rain. But, through the cracks, there are glimpses of flowers and small joys - bluebells and celandines, jasmine and honeysuckle, pomegranate syrup and cinnamon cake - a huge expanse of sky. As light emerges from darkness the characters of these poems sing out, readying themselves to begin again. Still here, and very much alive.