Virgula Rachel Piercey When the vast army of

When the vast army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire marches on Belgrade in 1915

who have been working from home under coronavirus restrictions

faced with a hill to climb to catch the world home

But although Berger has always written poetry

The vertigo of transformations

Virgula Rachel Piercey When the vast army ofIn Virgula, Sasja Janssens award winning collection, the comma becomes much more than a punctuation mark; it stops the stillness and allows thoughts and language to move forward. Virgula is invoked as a muse and a companion; she is called on in every poem, as if she were a goddess, friend or lover, someone who offers space when the emptiness becomes too heavy. Virgula received the Awater Poetry Prize and was nominated for the Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize