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A Pocketful of Chalk by Claire Booker

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The South Downs lie at the heart of this collection – the sunsets and
huge skies, cliffs and fossils, fishing vessels and windmills, people
and sheep. Past, present and future collide within geological and
emotional landscapes. Life erupts magically out of plum trees. Love is
as friable as chalk, and as deeply underpinned. A lost father is
redeemed through the gift of a chocolate rabbit, a loved one returns in
the shape of a trombone. Mothers, both human and animal, prove their
strength. A Pocketful of Chalk bursts with myth and metaphor,
energy and originality. The giant of Wilmington leaves his hillside in
an apocalyptic vision of global warming. Herons and Ospreys take
flight, and a boy releases monsters from the sea shore. A cow really
does jump over the moon. Claire Booker offers moving and memorable poetry from an iconic corner of England. Poetry 129x198mm 54pp