The textured language, vivid imagery and musical rhythms of Jane
Clarke's debut collection convey a distinctive voice and vision. With
lyrical grace these poems contemplate shadow and sorrow as well as
creativity and connection. The threat of loss is never far away but
neither is delight in the natural world and what it offers. Rooted in
rural life, this poet of poignant observation achieves restraint and
containment while communicating intense emotions. The rivers that flow
through the collection evoke the inevitability of change and our need to
find again and again how to go on. Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje
Prize 2016.