Light Still, Light Turning by Yvonne Baker Mike Ferguson 'Born in Leningrad

'Born in Leningrad

Jane Lovell

not keyed in

by the fictions of history and by the purposes of true naming

This new collection of expert lyric poems movingly animates the characters of his childhood in County Cork

Light Still, Light Turning by Yvonne Baker Mike Ferguson 'Born in LeningradPublished 15th April 2025. Tonally beautiful with a quality that bridges exterior and interior worlds, Light Still, Light Turning is full of exquisite phrases and lucid images. Shifting with ease from lyrical narrative poems to contemplative pieces that never become abstract, Yvonne Baker writes with a light touch, that belies the skill and control at work in every poem. There is not a false note here. Form and content support one another and we are