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Time was nothing: a poetic meditation on the ecological lessons of lockdown

This article is from Edition 13: Slowing Down
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Rob Cowen
Written by Rob Cowen
Published on 16th December 2021
4 min read

Rob Cowen's book of poetry, The Heeding, produced in collaboration with illustrator Nick Hayes, charts the changes - and the lessons, if we are willing to listen - in our relationship with the natural world during lockdown.

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Rob Cowen

Rob Cowen

Rob Cowen is an award-winning writer, hailed as one of the UK’s most original voices on nature and place. His book Common Ground (2015) was shortlisted for the Portico, Richard Jefferies Society and Wainwright Prizes and voted one of the nation’s favourite nature books on BBC Winterwatch. He lives in North Yorkshire.

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