Passerine by Kirsten Luckins Jay Ramsay so this book of ‘pearls’

so this book of ‘pearls’ is not only for poetry lovers but also for anyone who has ever treasured a piece of jewellery

written with passion and purpose

Most of the poems lack a specific geography

This is also her most political book

Gill Learner

Passerine by Kirsten Luckins Jay Ramsay so this book of ‘pearls’Like all great experimenters, Kirsten Luckins is freed rather than bound by self imposed restrictions. Passerines an elegy not just to a lost friend but to a world that is rapidly disappearing around us one of the most dazzling collections Ive read in a long time. Claire Trvien Passerine takes us through a liminal year of grief, rage and wonder, asking what do we hold onto when there is no one there? It is the world that speaks through its Ten