Centenary Wood Immortalised In Writing By Poet

Centenary Wood Immortalised In Writing By Poet

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A NEW poetry collection, by local writer and poet Sam Burnside, pays tribute to a special Centenary Wood in the Faughan Valley. The Woodland Trust-owned Brackfield Wood, not far from Claudy, is one of just four flagship woods taking shape across the UK to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

Still in its infancy, Brackfield will be home to some 40,000 native trees – a flourishing, respectful and lasting reminder of those lives lost, from across the island of Ireland, during the war.

Sam Burnside’s poems in By Brackfield Bawn: On being in Brackfield Memorial Woods show his deep-rooted love of the natural, rural world; with the famously scenic Faughan Valley, its river and wildlife, at the core.