MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE: LIFE, DEATH AND THE NHS BY MICHAEL ROSEN Simon Smith Boundaries are blurred: an eagle

Boundaries are blurred: an eagle drinks tea with a mother

In one poem the speaker “forgets the Urdu / word for loneliness

‘Clarke has found rich pickings in the landfill

and explains why it retains its vertiginous originality and continues to speak to us across the generations

” —Isabel Galleymore

MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE: LIFE, DEATH AND THE NHS BY MICHAEL ROSEN Simon Smith Boundaries are blurred: an eagleA national treasure's journey to the brink and back. 'Will I wake up?' 'There's a 50: 50 chance.' Michael Rosen wasn't feeling well. Soon he was struggling to breathe, and then he was admitted to hospital, suffering from coronavirus as the nation teetered on the edge of a global pandemic. What followed was months on the wards: six weeks in an induced coma, and many more weeks of rehab and recovery as the NHS saved Michael's life, and then got him back