Be Feared by Jane Burn Merlina Acevedo The Ministry of Flowers is

The Ministry of Flowers is in many ways a book for our times

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These poems are transformative in every sense of the word – exploring how language contains and changes grief and how the natural world can help us survive terrible loss

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Be Feared by Jane Burn Merlina Acevedo The Ministry of Flowers isJane Burns new poetry collection Be Feared is a captivating reclamation of self, sisterhood, and love, encountering everything from Snow White to monsters, plagues and infernos. Acknowledging fear, this book embraces discovery, a process of translation and transformation, of finding a voice radiant with both curses and psalms. Rebellious, bloody, and encroached upon by violence, Burns poetry examines survival, abuse and healing. Intensely imaginative,