Whether poetry is strange or familiar to you, Germander Speedwell haspenned a collection of short and sweet verses that will cheer andcharm the beginner as well as intrigue the connoisseur, for herverse rewards re-reading in its deceptive simplicity andexperiments with verse forms.Whether speaking of the sea, love, dewy dawns or beaches, of the Old Lady's Cave or Miss Pewsey,with tongue-in-cheek tips of the hat to Yeats and Thomas Hardy;or of nature or frustration, gardening or death, sailing or just hanging out thewashing, Amid Summer Nights' Dreams will say it in clerihews orhaikus, in sonnets or nonsense verse, tankas and triolets.Whether you are at home with poetry or just want to relax, open Germander'swooden-clasped book and see whether you could be the reader who "hasfound his peace, love, and grace."Oh, and watch out for the green-eyed lion...
