Shortlisted For The Rathbones Folio Prizeshortlisted For The T. S. Eliot Prizethe Poems In Ephemeron Deal With The Short-lived And Transitory - Whether It''s The Brief, Urgent Lives Of The First Section, ''insect Love Songs'', The Abrupt, Anguished, Physical And Emotional Changes During Secondary School, As Remembered In ''boarding-school Tales'', Or Parenting''s Day-by-day Shifts Through Love And Fear, Hurt And Healing, In ''daughter Mother''.the Long Central Section, ''translations From The Pasipha'', Gathers These Themes Together In A Blistering, Unforgettable Re-telling Of The Greek Myth Of The Minotaur, As Seen From The Point Of View Of The Bull-child''s Mother - The Betrayed And Violated Pasipha.