To Know Me

These poems are unearthed gems concise and rich in crystal clarity. A treasure for any reader of poetry. ---(Z D Dicks Founder/CEO Gloucestershire Poetry Society and Gloucester Poetry Festival.).....Radiant and luminous poems written by a poet with a richly lyrical voice and more than a touch of Seamus Heaney in her vivid earthy descriptions of rural life. Each poem is a little Eden or arcadia seething with sensory detail and resonating with musicality. These are astonishing poems in which a dazzling use of imagery is fused with a masterful use of language and line break in which every line ever word is breath-taking. Immensely beautiful and potent poetry which remains connected to the real world whilst transcending above it. ---(Anna Saunders Cheltenham Poetry Festival Founding Director.).....Bailey shows a beautiful attention to detail in this writing. Her work boasts a crisp and observant voice that left me longing for the simplicity of youth and her countryside descriptions had me itching to escape the city for a weekend of wonder and wilderness. This work has a rich taste to it indeed. ---(Dr Charley Barnes Worcestershire Poet Laureate 2019-2020 Managing Director Sabotage Reviews Visiting Lecturer - Newman University and University of Worcester).....I wish Bailey could have read these testimonials to her talent. From the moment I read the first poem Blackberry Jam I knew we had found a jewel. Working with her words gave me goose bumps... It is an honour to finally fix her poems in print. ---(Josephine Lay Poet in Residence at Cheltenham Library Creative Writing Adviser Black Eyes Publishing UK).