Henrietta Miles finds the right form and lexicon to make her short and profound poems fire the imagination with their layers of meaning.

Nature is an abiding theme. Some poems are gems of description. Some tell a
more complex story of memory, regret, alienation and regeneration.

These poems are short because they have been reduced to a rich minimum with a wealth of associations for any reader who recognises the overwhelming loveliness
and loss that life entails.