Reflections Glimmer

Reflections Glimmer: poems exploring ekphrasis showcases the work of three poets who each bring their unique perspective to the art of ekphrastic poetry.

Rosamund Taylor’s passionate engagement with visual art creates a remarkable sequence of poems. The originality and lyricism of her response brings the artists and models to new and often surprising life. Questioning, witty, empathic and tender, these poems gleam in their beauty and depth. 

– Jane Clarke

Rosamund Taylor’s poems display the two necessary features of ekphrastic poetry: an eye sensitive enough to truly see the image, and ear sensitive enough to translate what she sees into verbal music. Her work is founded in deep sympathy with the artist, and empathy for what the artist depicts. Her language has beautiful pictorial qualities, but is also eerily attuned to what is most often overlooked. These are poems which take seriously the challenges of looking and of making present.

– Padraig Regan, author of Some Integrity, shortlisted for the Forward Prize for a Best First Collection and winner of the Clarissa Luard Award