These fresh, fire-bright poems are barbed blooms petalled with wise cautions and unexpected joy. Kevin ConnollyFlaunting a painterly attention to the seductive textures of menacehere are portraits, still lifes, fables and allegorical tableaux that enrapture the ear with the textures of language itself. Suzanne BuffamRichardson writes for the ear, eye and mouthyoull want to read these lush poems out loud. Matthea Harvey
These fresh, fire-bright poems are barbed blooms petalled with wise cautions and unexpected joy. Kevin ConnollyFlaunting a painterly attention to the seductive textures of menacehere are portraits, still lifes, fables and allegorical tableaux that enrapture the ear with the textures of language itself. Suzanne BuffamRichardson writes for the ear, eye and mouthyoull want to read these lush poems out loud. Matthea Harvey