Poetic tribute to the lost tree of Sycamore Gap
Poet Kate Fox was one of the many people moved to express their emotions creatively after the felling of that famous sycamore tree on Hadrian’s Wall.
Her latest book, On Sycamore Gap, is to be published by HarperNorth on September 26, almost exactly a year after the famous landmark was brought crashing down.
It is described as “a book of growth, loss and renewal, a song from soil to soul, about how we all live where the earth meets the sky”.
And who is it for?
For everyone, comes the reply, “who knew the famous silhouette of the tree” and “who took shelter, saw its branches against the sky or heard the leaves dance; for all the picnics next to it and the proposals under it.
“For anyone who feels the strength of silent roots and the quiet promise of the turning year. For any of us who measure time in rings and wait for green leaves to grow again…”
The book, with a silhouette of the tree on the cover, is offered as a celebration of the tree we lost and those to come.
You can also catch Kate Fox at Durham Book Festival on October 12 with her show Bigger on the Inside.
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