Publisher's Synopsis
This is a collection from a well-established poet who works away quietly, modestly and with utter dedication and gets better each time. Iis a lovely book remarkable for the range and variety of the poems and for its sureness of touch, the poet's ease with language and rhythm, his warmth and gentleness in approaching his subjects. The opening sequence is a moving picture of the birth of a baby from the father's perspective; this is followed by a sometimes shocking documentary-type poem recording conversations heard by a taxidriver, vivid, coarse, energetic. Other poems include a wonderful glimpse of a rugby match, a snapshot from Beatrix Potter, a funny but agonising poem on a mother-in-law suffering from Alzheimer's and a poem for the late broadcaster Ross Stevens. Our reader describes it as 'a sturdy and intelligent collection of well-made poems, with a nice range'.
