'These poems are not really about birds, and yet they are... Painful, witty, loving, long-sighted' the late UA Fanthorpe. 'Salt-drenched... I loved it' Sandi Toksvig. 'Birds given tongue and tangy taste... a glorious achievement' the late Magnus Magnusson. 'Straight-talking narratives... dense and gritty, at home on the edge of things' Linda France, Editor, Bloodaxe's 'Sixty Women Poets'.
The poems in this, Sue Vickerman's first full-length collection, were produced in the years when the poet resided in a remote Scottish lighthouse. Bird-watchers and poetry-lovers alike will delight in poems that range over birds and the world of human relationships with a direct and uncompromising gaze.
'These poems are not really about birds, and yet they are... Painful, witty, loving, long-sighted' the late UA Fanthorpe. 'Salt-drenched... I loved it' Sandi Toksvig. 'Birds given tongue and tangy taste... a glorious achievement' the late Magnus Magnusson. 'Straight-talking narratives... dense and gritty, at home on the edge of things' Linda France, Editor, Bloodaxe's 'Sixty Women Poets'.
The poems in this, Sue Vickerman's first full-length collection, were produced in the years when the poet resided in a remote Scottish lighthouse. Bird-watchers and poetry-lovers alike will delight in poems that range over birds and the world of human relationships with a direct and uncompromising gaze.