The Half Healed
Formats & editions
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407092751
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 80
A luminous collection based on the body that has seen [Roberts] likened to Donne
Hephzibah Anderson, Daily Mail
An individual in contemporary verse, Michael Symmons Roberts writes a numinous poetry that listens 'for the footfalls of God in the Garden'
Stephen Knight, Independent on Sunday
An outstanding writer
Sunday Times
Exploring new outlooks and new worlds, Michael Symmons Roberts' religious poems... seem designed for an age of doubt and DNA
Alan Brownjohn, Sunday Times
I love Michael Symmons Roberts's poetry. He is a religious poet in a secular age. His work is about the connection between the things of the spirit and the things of the world. And his work is about transcendence
Jeanette Winterson