Description: Traversing physics and spirituality, philosophy and matter, Jackson's new collection asks profound questions about our place within a world of being. With fine observations, these poems 'welcome both scientific and older ways of knowing in order to more fully apprehend nature, our fellow beings, and foster a reverent respect for it.'
Review Quotes:
'This collection, richly suffused with a personal metaphysics, delicately balances the most crucial aspects of being on a bridge between dark and light. One feels that the words in A coat of ashes might be written and received on the skin.'
--Dominique Hecq
'Jackson's work is both original and rooted in a number of poetic traditions, which it deftly fuses. The poems in 'A coat of ashes' are beautifully composed, coherent and crystalline. This rich, innovative work makes a genuine contribution to contemporary poetry.'
--Fiona Sampson MBE FRS