The Hauntings

<p>Many lives and ideas shape us and our environment. Some forge hope, some threaten our very being, some point to redemption for those who come after. In a love that might sustain us, they can be a manifested present; in their passing, a living prompt to be better.<br><br>Such embodiments haunt this poetry collection – where ghosts of lives that reflect the white light of the world rest alongside ghosts of other relationships. These hauntings can inspire us to <br>progress or alert us to the dangers of statecraft – the ravages of war, displacement and exile.<br><br><i>The Hauntings</i> is a passionate response to love and its absence, to a sense of community and place from the Pennines and beyond, and of home, wherever that might be.</p>