As usual Simon’s poetry holds the heart of the subject on display whilst coming at things from every direction. Add Angela Harding’s stunning illustrations and you have a perfect book.

My favourite of the longer poems was, hands down, The Seasons. However this  haiku, one of eleven scattered through the pages, encapsulates the sense of the collection perfectly:

“Constellations bloom
in orchards of April skies.
The stars blossomise.”