The Asking XMAS NR We drink water

We drink water

an urban-like array of gridded broken walls and shattered foundations

it's a belter' - FRANKIE BOYLE 'Strong Female Character is a testament to the importance of self-knowledge

and committing petty crimes

certain that one day they’d be invited to join the Justice League

The Asking XMAS NR We drink waterJane Hirshfield is a visionary American writer whose poems ask nothing less than what it is to be human. Both sensual meditations and passionate investigations of our shared and borrowed lives, they reveal complex truths in language luminous and precise. In an era of algorithm, assertion and induced distraction, Jane Hirshfields poems bring a much needed awakening response, actively countering narrowness. The Asking includes work from her earlier