‘The poetry here shows real clarity of eye marking the dialogues of nature in a place, be that place the lonely Scottish crofting area that is home, or the cource of the river Kelvin through the Lowlands, or a Russian forest. The sequence on the river Kelvin is itself a wholly fresh and valuable addition to the literature of the Glasgow region.’ Tom Leonard.
‘Outstanding originality and quality. Impressive for its sharpness, sympathy and decisiveness… this poetry is in a constellation with work by Robert Lax, Thomas A Clark and a few others. It works, illuminating, and I’m grateful to have read it.’ Alan Riach.
‘There is so much to admire and enjoy in this collection: finely disciplined movement of cadence, formal and technical virtuosity, elegant economy of expression… the poetic language has a vivid and rich physicality, helping us discover a resonance in the passing moment, or the passed-over figure; words strike sparks off each other.. Vivid, witty and unusual, these poems juxtapose their carefully chosen yet spontaneous-seeming words against the white expanses and spaces of the page.’
