Publisher's Synopsis
The idols of Stephen Romer's first collection refer to those compelling human images or ideas that insinuate themselves into every level of consciousness. Some of the poems here celebrate these temporary gods, others attempt vigorously to exorcise them; all are forms of homage.
Writing in the New Statesman, Derek Mahon singled out Stephen Romer's work for its 'emotional candour and intellectual clarity'. A trenchant style and a flexible rhythm sustain these qualities at a high level of intensity, and he commands an unusually expressive tonal range. His poems are marked out too for their vitality and wit.
