wormwood,
earth and honey
by
Catherine Edmunds
Some
readers' comments:
Succeeds
on every page to play and tease with the mind and the funny-bone. This
offering by Catherine Edmunds is bound to be one of the classics from
this stable. - Terry Sorby, author of Beyond
the Greyscale
I'm a huge fan of Catherine Edmunds' writing. [This] is an
astounding, comical, moving and quirky collection....I find myself
delving into Wormwood, Earth and Honey frequently and savouring many
of the pieces time and again. Simply wonderful and suitable for wide
range of poetry readers and/or writers. Wormwood, Earth and
Honey 10/10 - Louis P. Burns (Lugh)
Upstate
Renegade Productions. Derry, Northern Ireland
Catherine – you have a convert. I thoroughly enjoyed your
poetry. Vivid pictures in brilliant colour sing through the book:
‘lake of jade’, ‘skies boil grey and grim’, white horses
dancing’ and
‘tangerine dreams
of sunlit skies
cerulean blue
mediterranean climes’.
This is poetry for a rainy day; to cheer you with colour, make you
realise ‘clouds dropped lumps of water’ on everybody at some time,
or giggle at the wry humour. A lovely selection of poems and highly
recommended reading - Pam
Eaves
A favourite piece? Well, I think I’d have to confess and say
that ‘grandfather’s beard’ took my fancy. Perhaps not the most
deeply meaningful of Catherine’s offerings, but it is dry and wry
enough to purse my mouth… with laughter. Or maybe ‘The Ballad of
Shane and Mavis.’ Or perhaps even…To sum up: this delightfully
complex volume of poetry will please any reader who likes to take
their time, ponder a lot and gaze at the heavens, but someone who also
has a sense of the ridiculous. If I had one regret it would be that
Catherine didn’t see fit to sprinkle a number of her wonderful
drawings throughout the book. - John Irvine, Author of Man of
Stone 2005 Rat atouille for the rindless 2007 administrator of
What If? and manager of Dragon Writers writer's forum
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Reviewed by Janet Murch in Iota 81***
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Voted Book of the Month for March at Writers'
Dock***
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