At Least the Duck Survived

At Least the Duck Survived offers a series of lyrical observations about old age retirement and approaching death; about Tai Chi classes dogs lesbian aunts grandchildren bicycles and symphony concerts. In its unassuming charm perfect understatement succinctness attentiveness generosity and wry humour Margaret Clough's poetry proves Virginia Woolf's dictum that 'Every secret of a writer's soul every experience of his life every quality of his mind is written large in his works.