Claire Booker’s second pamphlet ‘The Bone That Sang’ is out with Indigo Dreams Publishing. It offers 28 pages of finely crafted poems which explore what it means to be human in an imperfect world.
“Booker is like a modern-day Scheherazade, weaving tales that pull you in and transfix. . .You will return to these poems again and again, and each time they will reveal something new and unexpected.” - Louise Warren
“Booker breaks out of the domesticity of ‘little England’ to embrace subjects on an international scale. Memorable turns of phrase surprise and delight.” - Neil Leadbeater
“‘The Bone That Sang’ is tightly packed with intelligent, startling and rigorous imagery to make you read on. A terrific pamphlet.” - Alan Price
“This is a seriously good pamphlet. It has pride of place on my desk. ” - David Pollard
“I absolutely love these poems. Powerful thoughts and ideas presented in very striking and imaginative ways. Beautiful.” - Dawn Gorman
“Claire Booker’s second pamphlet has an indefatigable spirit . . . The poems reveal a tender humanity and have an unflagging energy.” - Lisa Kelly
“Bold, inventive, metaphorically rich . . . here is poetry that challenges head and heart, and leaves an astonishing array of ideas and imagery playing in the mind.” - Jane Maker
“Claire Booker writes lyrical poems with compassion . . . ‘The Bone That Sang’ is tender, wryly humoured and human in the treatment of its subjects.” - Emma Lee
“Booker is like a modern-day Scheherazade, weaving tales that pull you in and transfix. . .You will return to these poems again and again, and each time they will reveal something new and unexpected.” - Louise Warren
“Booker breaks out of the domesticity of ‘little England’ to embrace subjects on an international scale. Memorable turns of phrase surprise and delight.” - Neil Leadbeater
“‘The Bone That Sang’ is tightly packed with intelligent, startling and rigorous imagery to make you read on. A terrific pamphlet.” - Alan Price
“This is a seriously good pamphlet. It has pride of place on my desk. ” - David Pollard
“I absolutely love these poems. Powerful thoughts and ideas presented in very striking and imaginative ways. Beautiful.” - Dawn Gorman
“Claire Booker’s second pamphlet has an indefatigable spirit . . . The poems reveal a tender humanity and have an unflagging energy.” - Lisa Kelly
“Bold, inventive, metaphorically rich . . . here is poetry that challenges head and heart, and leaves an astonishing array of ideas and imagery playing in the mind.” - Jane Maker
“Claire Booker writes lyrical poems with compassion . . . ‘The Bone That Sang’ is tender, wryly humoured and human in the treatment of its subjects.” - Emma Lee
Copies of The Bone That Sang are available from www.indigodreams.co.uk/claire-booker, from Amazon, or by emailing bookerplays@yahoo.co.uk
