To Know Me

<p>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.)</p><p>…..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.).....</p><p>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)</p><p>.....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).</p>