Publisher's Synopsis
"This poet shows a flair for the aesthetic as well as unusually juxtaposed ideas... clever poetic technique and beautiful sensual imagery." Elaine Feeney, Judge of the 2011 Over the Edge New Writer of the Year Competition.
"Very substantial and exact... a lovely exchange, a way of continuing life." David Constantine
Hands
To smooth the hair, to hush the lips
To squeeze the flesh below the hips
To feed the fire in small degrees
To test the strength of no and please
To seize the book, to mark the page
To slam it shut and bar the cage
To spring the bird, to melt the snow
To linger on what too few know
To smudge the ink, to white the lines
To blunt the edge and blur the signs
To skip the stone or fling it wide
To catch what falls or tries to hide
To blind the eyes, to free the will
To pull the trigger or keep still
