<p class=ql-align-justify>Inspired by the <em>Lyrical Ballads</em> of Wordsworth and Coleridge two authors set out to pen a contemporary homage to this timeless collection. As the collaboration progresses however the poetry and the unique narrative it carries takes on a life of its own. Thus the authors come to tell their story through a collection of ballads sonnets pantoums and other forms: under arches over bridges and against the backdrop of the fabled Northlands: from Tyne and Wear to Cumbria and beyond.</p>