Publisher's Synopsis
SPLENDID IN ITS SILENCE by JUDE NEALE won the second prize in the SPM Publications Poetry Book Competition 2016, judged by Roger Elkin who noted that "Throughout this collection, the full gamut of poetic craft is evident: the skilled application of repetition, lineation, fresh conceits and images, the use of exact detail ensure the consistent and accurate conveyance of the shifting moods, the play of light, and changing landscapes as the backcloth against which the human predicament takes place. This is brave and bold writing: the technique always rising to meet the demands of the poem's multifarious and far-reaching concerns.".
