Sparrows at the Breakfast Table by Richard Douglas Pennant #totebags a dead friend walks out

a dead friend walks out of his grave like a twenty-first century Lazarus

Some of her poems were written for the women she loved

subterranean drums and visionary apprehension in which – to quote Twin Peaks

and Kae Tempest

Sparrows at the Breakfast Table by Richard Douglas Pennant #totebags a dead friend walks outBeautifully observed and written with a lightness and freshness that breathes life through every poem, Sparrows at the Breakfast Table invites us into a place of wonder and love. These family moments, most acute between a grandfather and grandson, are filled with gentle humour and deep tenderness. And there is nothing shallow here these poems are not whimsies but serious reflections on the bonds we make across generations and how they go on