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Work first in a series from poet laureate about wildlife that exists in the Lost Gardens of HeliganA new haiku by the poet laureate Simon Armitage has appeared on a garden wall in Cornwall, the first of a series of pieces celebrating the creatures that make their home among the woods, meadows and ferns there.Armitage’s haiku, Web, celebrates the silky but deadly threads that spiders “darn” in the hedges at the Lost Gardens of Heligan and was unveiled together with an illuminated 2-metre recreation of a walnut orb-weaver spider as part of a midwinter night trail.Web can be seen at Heligan Night Garden, which is open on select dates, until 4 January and Dwell will be published by Faber. Continue reading…
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/30/cornish-tourist-spot-unveils-spider-related-haiku-spun-by-simon-armitage-lost-gardens-of-heligan
Author : Steven Morris
Publish date : 2024-11-30 08:00:20
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Cornish tourist spot unveils spider-related haiku spun by Simon Armitage
