Phil Lynch’s debut poetry collection takes us on a journey of encounter, observation and questioning – to places real and imagined. His themes range from the personal to the political (with a small p, at least) and from the local to the global. There are poems inspired by love, loss, landscapes and landmarks: reflections of diverse moments glimpsed through the poet’s experiences and his brushes with the wider world. Through poetry, he is trying to make sense of a constantly shifting world; a world difficult to hold long enough to extract answers to questions posed. Lynch’s poetry is lyrical and rhythmic, an accessible mix of styles incorporating rhyme and free verse forms to fit the mood of the moment. The poems are playful at times, serious and sober at others.
