Climbing Postcards

Reviews / Votes

"Precise, writerly, packed with description and wit, Gail Ashton's poems in this collection are assured and rich. Beautifully spaced, both on the page and in the mind, she insists on an engagement with words, whether a ice-skald riddle or a ditty on the em dash. Her ventures into prose poetry are exciting and intriguing and her command of the single line is admirable: 'Look to the stones' she advises us at the end of one poem, while the almost throwaway 'dreams of polishing him off, daily.' is chilling. 'Almost' is crucial - there is no need for Ashton to 'throw away' her lines and it would be a shame if she did. I look forward to future work in this new assured voice. "
Judy Kendall

"Sudden and lovely, 'italic and clear', these poems are hungry for the world - of moor and motorway, island and city, house and garden - which they describe with such virtuosity: Galil Ashton's poems will delight her readers."
John McAuliffe -- Publisher: Cinnamon Press