<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>A Quietus</em> is a collection that contemplates calm spaces between moments of life and reflects on the process of our release from existence. Delicate yet fierce, spare yet multi layered this is an emotionally affecting collection written by a poet who affirms life by interrogating mortality. A Quietus</em> is a lyrical and erudite lesson in surrender. In a series of nuanced and carefully crafted poems we discover ways to live, and to face death, and how, when we encounter the reaper - we must ' learn to fall gracefully/ gilded by the folds of her cloak', but not before 'grasping hold of love like a lifebelt'. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Josephine Lay's A Quietus</em> is lyrical and sharply observed. The poems cover a range of subjects, which always seem to be seeking the balance between beauty and the inevitable darkness of decay, to 'reach for the scissors/ cut away the frills/ unlace the corset' ('Sewn Up'), to see the risk in truly living.</p><p> </p><p>Angela France</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Delicate yet fierce, spare yet multi layered this is an emotionally affecting collection written by a poet who affirms life by interrogating mortality. A Quietus</em> is a lyrical and erudite lesson in surrender. In a series of nuanced and carefully crafted poems we discover ways to live, and to face death, and how, when we encounter the reaper - we must ' learn to fall gracefully/ gilded by the folds of her cloak', but not before 'grasping hold of love like a lifebelt'. </p><p> </p><p>Anna Saunders</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The lodestar of Josephine Lay's A Quietus</em> is nature. In these meditations on forests, gardens, insects, crabs, stones, pears, flowers and birds, the poet helps us find solace, orientation and hope in the natural world. Carefully observed and vividly expressed, these poems speak of the constraints imposed upon us by human society and the desire for creative fulfilment, while always acknowledging our fragile mortal condition. The poems of remembrance for Lay's parents are particularly moving - here she explores the power of poetry to heal the loss of those we love, how it can 'hold them close and carry them'. This is a varied and engaging collection from a poet with a distinct voice.</p><p> </p><p>David Clarke</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Josephine Lay's poems are fearless intaglios that stir and disturb. They breathe with yearning and wonder. Like all great poets, she brings the full force of her curiosity to the question of what it is to be human.</p><p> </p><p>Thomas Trofimuk, Waiting for Columbus</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><br>
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