ISBN: 978-1-915108-38-8
Published 12 February 2026
80 pages
“The poems in Burnt Snow live in a space which is at once domestic, intellectual, and sensual, and whose walls are continually tested. This is a book where the materiality of the world seeps into and across itself, switches, and veers. At times, sudden ventures out of silent observation explode into indignant speech: they return to the cooler reflection of a fascinating and fascinated mind. The world polarises — trompe l’oeil on one axis, emotional intensity on the other — until there is a return to its true state, like snow itself: certainly beautiful, a little brittle, and always uncanny.” —Richard Price
“Berring’s work feels like rubbing a balloon against a jumper. It sparks a static adults tend to forget is always within arm’s reach. Everyday objects, emotions, imperatives, and the biggest questions we have are conjured and rubbed against each other to an effect that’s as soothing as it is bewildering, as candid as it is absurd, as giddy as it is snug. A must!” —Nasim Luczaj
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No Glitter on the Roses
I have forgotten
how to write
and how to learn
what to do
with wilted objects
in my fevered hands
that could melt
(pause)
the whole snow
