These are poems for our time, which stir as well as make us reflect. Flowing between childhood and adulthood and ranging from the deeply personal to the universal, themes of motherhood, adoption, birth and loss, nature, the everyday transformed, are woven together in poetry which reaches out to the reader and invites us to pay attention.

Many of the poems are responses to the rawness of life: from the ache of relationships gone wrong, to our impact on the natural environment, and the capricious cruelty of war. They look at the world unflinchingly, not letting us get too comfortable, but always with warmth, humanity and a thread of hope at their core. Jane brings the reader up short with an unsparing observation, then in another poem considers the small and precious - a single sparrow, a garden plant.

She explores form and plays with words, surprising the reader in every poem. With a lyrical use of language which is continually arresting, these poems touch life's peripheries, acknowledging its rough edges, but always with eyes open, waiting for a message, watching for the signals.

About the Author
Jane Pearn was born in England but lived for many years in the Isle of Man, where she home-educated her four children, worked as a paediatric Speech and Language Therapist and ran a small charity supporting landmine clearance in Cambodia. In 2006 she moved to Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders, where she still lives. Her poetry has been published in several magazines. This is her third collection.


Book Information
ISBN 9781836281818
Author Jane Pearn
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Troubador Publishing
Publisher Troubador Publishing
Weight(grams) 94g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 6mm