A number of these poems were first published in Irish Pages, The Fiddlehead and Sussex Seams.

'What I admire about Hugh Dunkerley's poetry is the spareness and clarity of his language: his ability to tackle the extremities of experience - death, sex, loss, the ruthlessness of nature - with a vision which is unsentimental and yet profoundly moving.'

Vicki Feaver

'Closely-observed imagery which displays a deftness and delicacy.

This is a very strong, compelling collection.'

Brendan Cleary

Click here to read John Sexton's review of 'Fast' in the Poetry Ireland News.

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'I have published two pamphlet collections, Walking to the Fire Tower (Redbeck Press) and Fast (Pighog Press). Individual poems have appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies both here and in North America, including Stand, The Fiddlehead (Canada) and Irish Pages. A selection of my work recently appeared in Oxford Poets 2007(Carcanet). I am currently the West Sussex Poet Laureate and teach English and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester.'

Hugh Dunkerley