Second Place Rosette Beverley Nadin fragile yet ideal

fragile yet ideal

and are often bitingly ironic

Bernard Saint follows the shade of Marcus Aurelius through the elastic time zones of the Eternal City

translated by John Peate

Second Place Rosette Beverley Nadin fragile yet idealSecond Place Rosette is a calendar of the customs, rituals and practices that make up life in modern Britain. The poems take in maypole dancing, mehndi painting, and medical prescriptions. Some events, like the Jewish Sabbath, happen every week; some, like the putting away of Christmas decorations, thankfully come only once a year. The subjects range from the universal to the personal: every family might have its own ritual, and each culture its own