“I think John was drawn to that notion of a conjured charm or presence that came from the spirit-world… He told me once that poetry was, for him, a form of alchemy.”
—Robin Robertson reflects on the life & work of John Burnside for the Poetry Foundation
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1658779/we-are-blessed-by-the-dead-remembering-john-burnside
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