From Claire Meadows, author of Gold After, comes Brittle Fires. Claire's second poetry collection is wide in scope and carries the mantle of sensitivity, candour and grit, that was evident in Gold After. Lydia, I With your eyes of Amber, tiger light, We were never, Never could be strangers. By night, you and I By the track-side We lie, watching stars A kind of future. You throw me in, I’ll start with the heat, Dense and strange. My friend, with Dagger eyes. Snakes find their was Into the nest, but You make me wear my Questions like smiles In forever dreams.

Imagine your ideal poetry collection - heartfelt and genuine. Well, you just may have found your new favourite. Because Gold After is a remarkably frank exploration of love, loss and hope - a collection about survival and the journey towards the essence of the self.