Chieko Persimmons

successfully utilises flexible genre of the prose poem, making out of ordinary experiences a rich and evocative meditation, with consistent warmth and humour. This is a piquant, inventive collection (Roger Cardinal, art critic, emeritus professor, University of Kent).

These pieces reach for intangible (Patricia Debney, poet, Canterbury laureate, 2007-08).

One is reminded all at once of Zen Koans, Piet Hein, John Clare, and even Beckett (Todd McEwen, author of four novels, a former editor of Granta magazine).