Somewhere along this street, unknown to me, behind a maze of apple trees and stars, he rises in the small hours, finds a book and settles at a window or a desk to see the morning in, alone for once, unnamed, unburdened, happy in himself… —John Burnside, “The Good Neighbour” published in DRIFTWORK (Cape, 2026) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/481482/driftwork-by-burnside-john/9781787336667 #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Burnside #JohnBurnside