I have always admired Kevin Crossley-Holland’s writing, particularly his Anglo-Saxon translations, so it is a pleasure to read and review Gravity for Beginners, his first new collection for six years. An additional delight is the setting — mysterious, atmospheric Norfolk with its wealth of legends. [...] There is a sense of wonder throughout Gravity for Beginners and this brings me back to the starting point of Rilke’s lines about the way the heart of everything […] returns to each of us, our very being, / woven into us. Kevin Crossley-Holland invites the reader to share in the essence behind the appearance, to see the landscape behind the words.