In Transit

The poems in this collection are about journeys: the reasons we make them and the still points they contain. Arrivals, departures, attempts at escape and voyages into the unknown, as well as the journey from the end of childhood to the beginning of old age, and whatever might lie beyond: 'at dawn the paper will be blank but far from empty - all the evidence I need that I have crossed her sky'. Rice's dazzling second collection lifts off lightly and soars with exquisite delicacy. Please have your ticket ready.