“An immeasurably impressive book, not least for a special quality which I would perhaps define as quietude…. Another quality that greatly interested me was the way the poem stays in the foreground while behind it a particular landscape unfolds. I found this quite magical.” (Elizabeth Smither, New Zealand)

“I responded immediately to the way significance is uncovered in familiar experiences, and how a sort of generalising weight is deftly given to local and personal events anchored in the particulars of memories, people, places…. I liked, too, the relaxed voice, shaping each experience appropriately and informally but employing formal qualities when they would enhance the subject.” (Michael Benton, Denmark)

“Meditative, thought-provoking and deeply nostalgic poems … loved ones remembered or long gone; opportunities missed; cherished pets departed; garden life and nature’s laws; places recalled; flashes of memory long buried; the spectre of death before us all.” (Rosemary Lancaster, UK)

“A masterly collection. The formal variety is very assured and effective, managed with wit and dexterity … [and] a measure of restraint that invites a reader’s participation in the play of language.” (Brian Edwards)

“The personal insights underlying each poem are so gracefully expressed … never a false or discordant note.”  (Nicholas Hasluck)

“A considered yet approachable work, which merits returning to.” (Denise O’Hagan)

“It’s good to have a book of poetry that is so readable.” (Andrew Taylor)